RETRACTED: Diversity and Compatibility of Human Schistosomes and Their Intermediate Snail Hosts

Benjamin Sanogo; Dongjuan Yuan; Xin Zeng; Yanhua Zhang; Zhongdao Wu

doi:10.1016/j.pt.2018.03.004

RETRACTED: Diversity and Compatibility of Human Schistosomes and Their Intermediate Snail Hosts

Trends Parasitol. 2018 Jun;34(6):493-510. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2018.03.004. Epub 2018 Apr 4.

Authors

Benjamin Sanogo¹, Dongjuan Yuan¹, Xin Zeng¹, Yanhua Zhang¹, Zhongdao Wu¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Parasitology, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China; Key Laboratory for Tropical Diseases Control (SYSU), Ministry of Education, Guangzhou 510080, China; Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Diseases-vectors Control, Guangdong, Guangzhou 510080, China.

PMID: 29627269
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2018.03.004

Abstract

This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (https://www.elsevier.com/about/our-business/policies/article-withdrawal) This article has been retracted at the request of the authors: Benjamin Sanogo, Dongjuan Yuan, Xin Zeng, Yanhua Zhang, and Zhongdao Wu. Our article reviews the evolution, geography, diversity, genetics and host-compatibility of human schistosomes and their hosts. It has come to our attention that readers have found some of the content in the article to be confusing or misleading. As authors, we have tried our best to share our scientific discovery and understanding faithfully, but we also agree that scientific reports should stand up to doubt and discussion. After serious consideration, to avoid confusion in the Schistosoma research community, we are retracting the Review. We apologize to the community for any inconvenience we have caused.

Keywords: Biomphalaria; Schistosoma; biogeography; compatibility polymorphism; geographic compatibility; intermediate hosts; snails.

Publication types

Review