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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-10-5
pubmed:abstractText
Schistosoma mansoni is the most widespread of the human-infecting schistosomes, present in 54 countries, predominantly in Africa, but also in Madagascar, the Arabian Peninsula, and the Neotropics. Adult-stage parasites that infect humans are also occasionally recovered from baboons, rodents, and other mammals. Larval stages of the parasite are dependent upon certain species of freshwater snails in the genus Biomphalaria, which largely determine the parasite's geographical range. How S. mansoni genetic diversity is distributed geographically and among isolates using different hosts has never been examined with DNA sequence data. Here we describe the global phylogeography of S. mansoni using more than 2500 bp of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from 143 parasites collected in 53 geographically widespread localities. Considerable within-species mtDNA diversity was found, with 85 unique haplotypes grouping into five distinct lineages. Geographical separation, and not host use, appears to be the most important factor in the diversification of the parasite. East African specimens showed a remarkable amount of variation, comprising three clades and basal members of a fourth, strongly suggesting an East African origin for the parasite 0.30-0.43 million years ago, a time frame that follows the arrival of its snail host. Less but still substantial variation was found in the rest of Africa. A recent colonization of the New World is supported by finding only seven closely related New World haplotypes which have West African affinities. All Brazilian isolates have nearly identical mtDNA haplotypes, suggesting a founder effect from the establishment and spread of the parasite in this large country.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0962-1083
pubmed:author
pubmed-author:AdeoyeGrace OGO, pubmed-author:AnsaEbenezer D OED, pubmed-author:BarbosaConstança SCS, pubmed-author:BrémondPhilippeP, pubmed-author:CesariItalo MIM, pubmed-author:CharbonnelNathalieN, pubmed-author:CorrêaLygia RLR, pubmed-author:CoulibalyGodefroyG, pubmed-author:D'AndreaPaulo SérgioPS, pubmed-author:De SouzaCecilia PereiraCP, pubmed-author:DejongRandall JRJ, pubmed-author:DoenhoffMichael JMJ, pubmed-author:FileSharonS, pubmed-author:IdrisMohamed AMA, pubmed-author:IncaniR NinoRN, pubmed-author:JarnePhilippeP, pubmed-author:KaranjaDiana M SDM, pubmed-author:KazibweFrancisF, pubmed-author:KpikpiJohnJ, pubmed-author:LokerEric SES, pubmed-author:LwamboNicholas J SNJ, pubmed-author:MabayeAmadouA, pubmed-author:MagalhãesLuiz ALA, pubmed-author:MakundiAsanteliA, pubmed-author:MkojiGerald MGM, pubmed-author:MonéHélèneH, pubmed-author:MorganJess A TJA, pubmed-author:MouahidGabrielG, pubmed-author:MuchemiGerald MGM, pubmed-author:MungaiBen NBN, pubmed-author:SéneMariamaM, pubmed-author:SouthgateVaughanV, pubmed-author:TchuentéLouis Albert TchuemLA, pubmed-author:ThéronAndreA, pubmed-author:YousifFouadF, pubmed-author:Zanotti-MagalhãesEliana MEM
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
14
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3889-902
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Origin and diversification of the human parasite Schistosoma mansoni.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131 USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural