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SHORT REPORT: IDENTIFICATION OF ECHINOCOCCUS SPECIES FROM A YAK IN THE QINGHAI-TIBET PLATEAU REGION OF CHINA
1 Oct 2003
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The species identification of an echinococcal lesion in the liver of a yak in the Qinghai-Tibet plateau region of China, where both Echinococcus granulosus and E. multilocularis are present, was difficult to determine because of the atypical appearance of the lesion. Polymerase chain reaction-based mitochondrial genotyping allowed us to discriminate the Echinococcus species. Nucleotide sequences of the cytochrome...
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