Unexpected Zoonotic and Hybrid Schistosome Egg Excretion Patterns, Malawi, 2024

Angus M. O’Ferrall; Sekeleghe A. Kayuni; Lucas Cunningham; Peter Makaula; John Archer; Adam Roberts; Janelisa Musaya; J. Russell Stothard

doi:10.3201/eid3105.241757

Unexpected Zoonotic and Hybrid Schistosome Egg Excretion Patterns, Malawi, 2024

Angus M. O’Ferrall
, Sekeleghe A. Kayuni
, Lucas Cunningham
, Peter Makaula
, John Archer
, Adam Roberts
, Janelisa Musaya
, J. Russell Stothard

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital Malawi
Kamuzu University of Health Sciences
The Natural History Museum, London

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

5 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Two exemplary cases of mixed urogenital and intestinal schistosomiasis in Malawi show hybridizations of Schistosoma mattheei with S. haematobium and S. mansoni, indicating newly emerging genetic diversity. Complex egg excretion patterns in feces expose current diagnostic gaps and alert to future sampling needs for effective surveillance of zoonotic schistosomiasis.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1042-1043
Number of pages	2
Journal	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume	31
Issue number	5
Early online date	28 Apr 2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3105.241757
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2025

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Access to Document

10.3201/eid3105.241757

Stothard - Unexpected Zoonotic - April 2025Final published version, 651 KB

Cite this

@article{86085a3113d94e74839d6b5929206137,

title = "Unexpected Zoonotic and Hybrid Schistosome Egg Excretion Patterns, Malawi, 2024",

abstract = "Two exemplary cases of mixed urogenital and intestinal schistosomiasis in Malawi show hybridizations of Schistosoma mattheei with S. haematobium and S. mansoni, indicating newly emerging genetic diversity. Complex egg excretion patterns in feces expose current diagnostic gaps and alert to future sampling needs for effective surveillance of zoonotic schistosomiasis.",

author = "O{\textquoteright}Ferrall, \{Angus M.\} and Kayuni, \{Sekeleghe A.\} and Lucas Cunningham and Peter Makaula and John Archer and Adam Roberts and Janelisa Musaya and Stothard, \{J. Russell\}",

year = "2025",

month = may,

day = "1",

doi = "10.3201/eid3105.241757",

language = "English",

volume = "31",

pages = "1042--1043",

journal = "Emerging Infectious Diseases",

issn = "1080-6040",

publisher = "Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)",

number = "5",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Unexpected Zoonotic and Hybrid Schistosome Egg Excretion Patterns, Malawi, 2024

AU - O’Ferrall, Angus M.

AU - Kayuni, Sekeleghe A.

AU - Cunningham, Lucas

AU - Makaula, Peter

AU - Archer, John

AU - Roberts, Adam

AU - Musaya, Janelisa

AU - Stothard, J. Russell

PY - 2025/5/1

Y1 - 2025/5/1

N2 - Two exemplary cases of mixed urogenital and intestinal schistosomiasis in Malawi show hybridizations of Schistosoma mattheei with S. haematobium and S. mansoni, indicating newly emerging genetic diversity. Complex egg excretion patterns in feces expose current diagnostic gaps and alert to future sampling needs for effective surveillance of zoonotic schistosomiasis.

AB - Two exemplary cases of mixed urogenital and intestinal schistosomiasis in Malawi show hybridizations of Schistosoma mattheei with S. haematobium and S. mansoni, indicating newly emerging genetic diversity. Complex egg excretion patterns in feces expose current diagnostic gaps and alert to future sampling needs for effective surveillance of zoonotic schistosomiasis.

U2 - 10.3201/eid3105.241757

DO - 10.3201/eid3105.241757

M3 - Article

SN - 1080-6040

VL - 31

SP - 1042

EP - 1043

JO - Emerging Infectious Diseases

JF - Emerging Infectious Diseases

IS - 5

ER -

Unexpected Zoonotic and Hybrid Schistosome Egg Excretion Patterns, Malawi, 2024

Abstract

UN SDGs

Access to Document

Fingerprint

Cite this