Molecular characterization of Schistosoma infections in African migrants: identification of a Schistosoma haematobium-bovis hybrid in bladder biopsies

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Health Sciences, Unit of Microbiology, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Viale Europa, Catanzaro 88100, Italy.
• ² Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Unit of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, "Magna Graecia" University of Catanzaro, Viale Europa, Catanzaro 88100, Italy.
• ³ Department of Infectious Tropical Diseases and Microbiology, IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, via Don A. Sempreboni 5, Negrar di Valpolicella, Verona 37024, Italy.
• ⁴ Department of Diagnostics and Public Health, University of Verona, Via S. Francesco 22, Verona 37129, Italy.
• ⁵ Wolfson Wellcome Biomedical Laboratories, Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK.