Genetic characterization of schistosome species from cattle in Côte d’Ivoire

Parasites & Vectors

Table 4 Genetic diversity indices for schistosomes from live farm cattle and slaughtered cattle from abattoirs in Ferkessédougou, Côte d’Ivoire, based on 10 microsatellite loci

Life stage	N	N_H	A	A_r	H_o	H_e	P_HWE	F_IS
Flukes	80	42	12.7	9.83	0.652	0.787	5.4 × 10^–13	0.188
Flukes			(5, 22)	(9.10–10.60)	(0.620–0.676)	(0.766–0.790)		(0.140–0.221)
Miracidia	29	29	9.9	8.50	0.509	0.772	1.6 × 10^–22	0.379
Miracidia			(3, 15)	(7.60–9.20)	(0.444–0.536)	(0.701–0.770)		(0.302–0.425)

N, number of schistosome samples (maximally two per host individual); N_H, number of host individuals from which schistosomes were collected; A, average (minimum, maximum) number of alleles across loci; A_r, mean (+ 95% CI) allelic richness across loci; H_o, mean (+ 95% CI) observed heterozygosity across loci; H_e, mean (+ 95% CI) estimated heterozygosity across loci; P_HWE, probability of deviation from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium (stars highlight significance at < 0.05); F_IS, mean (+ 95% CI) fixation index across loci

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