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Volume 31, Number 1—January 2025
Research

Trichuriasis in Human Patients from Côte d’Ivoire Caused by Novel Trichuris incognita Species with Low Sensitivity to Albendazole/Ivermectin Combination Treatment

Abhinaya Venkatesan1, Rebecca Chen, Max Bär, Pierre H.H. Schneeberger, Brenna Reimer, Eveline Hürlimann, Jean T. Coulibaly, Said M. Ali, Somphou Sayasone, John Soghigian, Jennifer Keiser, and John Stuart GilleardComments to Author 
Author affiliation: University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (A. Venkatesan, R. Chen, B. Reimer, J. Soghigian, J.S. Gilleard); Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Allschwil, Switzerland (M. Bär, P.H.H. Schneeberger, E. Hürlimann, J. Keiser); University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland (M. Bär, P.H.H. Schneeberger, E. Hürlimann, J. Keiser); Université Félix Hophouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (J.T. Coulibaly); Public Health Laboratory Ivo de Carneri, Chake Chake, Pemba Island, Tanzania (S.M. Ali); Lao Tropical and Public Health Institute, Vientiane, Laos (S. Sayasone)

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Table

Pairwise FST comparisons among Trichuris populations from different regions in study of novel T. incognita identified in patient fecal samples from Côte d’Ivoire*

Region ITS1 FST
 ITS2 FST
Laos Pemba Laos Pemba
Côte d’Ivoire 0.248 0.273 0.300 0.336
Laos NA 0.017 NA 0.015

*Pairwise FST comparisons were made between Trichuris spp. populations found in patient fecal samples from Laos; Pemba Island, Tanzania; and Côte d’Ivoire. FST, fixation index; ITS, internal transcribed spacer; NA, not applicable.

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1Current affiliation: Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada.

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