Acute Schistosomiasis With a Schistosoma mattheei × Schistosoma haematobium Hybrid Species in a Cluster of 34 Travelers Infected in South Africa.
Lieselotte CnopsTine HuyseUla ManiewskiPatrick SoentjensEmmanuel BottieauMarjan Van EsbroeckJoannes ClerinxPublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2021)
The Dra1 PCR confirmed the diagnosis in all exposed travelers at a much earlier stage than conventional tests. The causative species is probably an S. mattheei × S. haematobium hybrid.