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Multiple genotypes of Taenia solium--ramifications for diagnosis, treatment and control.
Acta tropica - 1 Jun 2003
Ito Akira, Yamasaki Hiroshi, Nakao Minoru, Sako Yasuhito, Okamoto Munehiro, Sato Marcello O, Nakaya Kazuhiro, Margono Sri S, Ikejima Takashi, Kassuku Ayub A, Afonso Sonia M S, Ortiz Washington Benitez, Plancarte Agustin, Zoli Andre, Geerts Stanny, Craig Philip S
Abstract excerpt
Mitochondrial DNA sequences of Taenia solium have fully been analyzed. Analysis of the full length of cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (1620 bp) and cytochrome b (1068 bp) genes of T. solium, isolated from Asia (China, Thailand, Indonesia and India), from Latin America (Mexico, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru and Brazil) and from Africa (Tanzania, Mozambique and Cameroon), has revealed that the two phylogenies obtained were...
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