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Researchers and stakeholders are now concerned about what is probably sustaining the possible infection, and one of the leading hypotheses is the zoonotic forms of the species playing a major role.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Aim<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      In Africa, livestock and their owners stay in proximity, thereby bringing together both human and livestock schistosomes.\n                      <jats:italic>Schistosoma haematobium<\/jats:italic>\n                      (human) and\n                      <jats:italic>Schistosoma bovis<\/jats:italic>\n                      (livestock) have the same snail host and can result in hybridization during the sexual phase of the parasite development in the mammalian host. These genetic spillovers lead to hybrid formation of schistosomes which can be problematic for diagnosis, treatment, and control programs.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Although there is less data on the ability of hybrid to cause resistance on praziquantel, experts suggest a possibility. This review calls for researchers, experts, and stakeholders to come together to provide empirical data on this menace especially on the prevailing\n                      <jats:italic>Schistosoma<\/jats:italic>\n                      species in livestock on the African continent.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1002\/hsr2.71555","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,21]],"date-time":"2025-11-21T05:46:58Z","timestamp":1763704018000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Zoonotic Schistosomiasis: The Crossroads Between Animal and Human Schistosomiasis in Africa: Narrative Review"],"prefix":"10.1002","volume":"8","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8046-5099","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Fatima Amponsah","family":"Fordjour","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Microbiology University for Development Studies, UDS Tamale Ghana"},{"name":"Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, KNUST Kumasi Ghana"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0893-2908","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Alexander","family":"Kwarteng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, KNUST Kumasi Ghana"},{"name":"Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, KNUST Kumasi Ghana"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_19_2_1","unstructured":"WHO Atlas of Global Distribution of Schistosomiasis(WHO 2010) https:\/\/www.who.int\/schistosomiasis\/epidemiology\/en\/nigeria.pdf."},{"key":"e_1_2_19_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3390\/zoonoticdis3010006"},{"key":"e_1_2_19_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.ppat.1010706"},{"key":"e_1_2_19_5_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3390\/microorganisms9071465"},{"key":"e_1_2_19_6_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/eva.12529"},{"key":"e_1_2_19_7_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S2542-5196(20)30129-7"},{"key":"e_1_2_19_8_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3389\/fitd.2022.893066"},{"key":"e_1_2_19_9_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3390\/tropicalmed6030109"},{"key":"e_1_2_19_10_1","unstructured":"WHO Schistosomiasis: Fact Sheets(WHO 2023)."},{"key":"e_1_2_19_11_1","unstructured":"World Health Organization Schistosomiasis: Schistosomiasis Fact Sheet(WHO 2017)."},{"key":"e_1_2_19_12_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"M.Linehan C.Hanson A.Weaver et al. 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