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Identification of Schistosoma mansoni Infection in a Nonhuman Primate from St. Kitts More than 50 Years after Interruption of Human Transmission

Transmission of Schistosoma mansoni was interrupted on St. Kitts, a Caribbean island, in the 1950s. With no reported cases since that time and most Biomphalaria spp. snail populations eliminated based on surveys in the 1970s, S. mansoni has been considered eliminated on St. Kitts. In 2019, S. manson...

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Published in:Am J Trop Med Hyg
Main Authors: Ketzis, Jennifer K., Lejeune, Manigandan, Branford, Ian, Beierschmitt, Amy, Willingham, Arve Lee
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2020
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7695088/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32996451
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.20-0282
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