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Cryptic intermediate snail host of the liver fluke Fasciola hepatica in Africa

BACKGROUND: Snails such as Galba truncatula are hosts for trematode flukes causing fascioliasis, a zoonosis that is a major public health problem. Galba truncatula has recently been shown to be a cryptic species complex. African populations of Galba spp. are not yet studied using molecular assessmen...

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Autores principales: Mahulu, Anna, Clewing, Catharina, Stelbrink, Björn, Chibwana, Fred D., Tumwebaze, Immaculate, Russell Stothard, J., Albrecht, Christian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6894237/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31801595
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-019-3825-9