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No evidence for schistosome parasite fitness trade-offs in the intermediate and definitive host

BACKGROUND: The trematode parasite Schistosoma mansoni uses an aquatic snail intermediate and a vertebrate definitive host to complete its life cycle. We previously showed that a key transmission trait—the number of cercariae larvae shed from infected Biomphalaria spp. snails—varies significantly wi...

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Autores principales: Le Clec’h, Winka, Chevalier, Frédéric D., Jutzeler, Kathrin, Anderson, Timothy J. C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10111729/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37069704
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-023-05730-3