Stothard J Russell, Juhász Alexandra, Musaya Janelisa
Department of Tropical Disease Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, L3 5QA, UK.
Department of Tropical Disease Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, L3 5QA, UK; Institute of Medical Microbiology, Semmelweis University, H-1089 Budapest, Hungary.
Trends Parasitol. 2025 Feb;41(2):87-90. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2024.12.008. Epub 2025 Jan 6.
We highlight the epidemiological importance of Schistosoma mattheei, a common parasite of livestock with an underappreciated ability to infect people, being recently incriminated in both female and male genital schistosomiasis. Through hybridisation(s) with other schistosome species, its public health importance will grow as its zoonotic potential expands across southern Africa.
我们强调了马氏血吸虫的流行病学重要性，它是家畜的常见寄生虫，其感染人类的能力一直未得到充分认识，最近在女性和男性生殖器血吸虫病中均有发现。通过与其他血吸虫物种杂交，随着其人畜共患病潜力在南部非洲扩大，其对公共卫生的重要性也将增加。
