Exploring molecular variation in Schistosoma japonicum in China

• Main Authors: Young, N.D., Chan, Kok Gan, Korhonen, P.K., Chong, T.M., Ee, R., Mohandas, N., Koehler, A.V., Lim, Y.L., Hofmann, A., Jex, A.R., Qian, B., Chilton, N.B., Gobert, G.N., McManus, D.P., Tan, P., Webster, B.L., Rollinson, D., Gasser, R.B.
• Format: Article
• Published: Nature Research 2015
• Subjects: Q Science (General); QH Natural history
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/19349/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep17345

Schistosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease that affects more than 200 million people worldwide. The main disease-causing agents, Schistosoma japonicum, S. mansoni and S. haematobium, are blood flukes that have complex life cycles involving a snail intermediate host. In Asia, S. japonicum causes...