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DNA-Sequence Variation Among Schistosoma mekongi Populations and Related Taxa; Phylogeography and the Current Distribution of Asian Schistosomiasis

BACKGROUND: Schistosomiasis in humans along the lower Mekong River has proven a persistent public health problem in the region. The causative agent is the parasite Schistosoma mekongi (Trematoda: Digenea). A new transmission focus is reported, as well as the first study of genetic variation among S....

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Autores principales: Attwood, Stephen W., Fatih, Farrah A., Upatham, E. Suchart
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2265426/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18350111
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000200