Background Schistosomiasis is a snail-borne parasitic disease endemic in several tropical
and subtropical countries. However, in the summer of 2013, an unexpected outbreak of …

Schistosomiasis is the second most important human parasitic disease in terms of
socioeconomic impact, causing great morbidity and mortality, predominantly across the African …

Hybridization is a fascinating evolutionary phenomenon that raises the question of how species
maintain their integrity. Inter-species hybridization occurs between certain Schistosoma …

Schistosomiasis is frequently detected in persons entering Europe. In 2017, we detected a
Schistosoma mansoni–Schistosoma haematobium hybrid parasite infection in a migrant boy …

Environmental and anthropogenic changes are expected to promote emergence and spread
of pathogens worldwide. Since 2013, human urogenital schistosomiasis is established in …

The recent recurrent outbreaks of urogenital schistosomiasis in the south of Europe were
unanticipated and caught scientists and health authorities unprepared. It is now time to learn …

Schistosomes cause schistosomiasis, the world’s second most important parasitic disease
after malaria in terms of public health and social-economic impacts. A peculiar feature of …

Species usually develop reproductive isolation mechanisms allowing them to avoid interbreeding.
These preventive barriers can act before reproduction, “pre-zygotic barriers”, or after …

For scientists working on gonochoric organisms, determining sex can be crucial for many
biological questions and experimental studies, such as crossbreeding, but it can also be a …

Schistosomiasis is a neglected water-born parasitic disease caused by Schistosoma
affecting more than 200 million people. Introgressive hybridization is common among these …