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Emergence of the Zoonotic Biliary Trematode Pseudamphistomum truncatum in Grey Seals (Halichoerus grypus) in the Baltic Sea

The biliary trematode Pseudamphistomum truncatum parasitizes a wide range of fish-eating mammals, including humans. Here we report the emergence of this parasite in grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) in the Baltic Sea. One hundred eighty-three of 1 554 grey seals (11.9%) examined from 2002–2013 had det...

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Autores principales: Neimanis, Aleksija S., Moraeus, Charlotta, Bergman, Anders, Bignert, Anders, Höglund, Johan, Lundström, Karl, Strömberg, Annika, Bäcklin, Britt-Marie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5068771/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27755567
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0164782