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Molecular epidemiology of cystic echinococcosis.
Parasitology - 1 Jan 2003
McManus D P, Thompson R C A
Abstract excerpt
Echinococcus granulosus exhibits substantial genetic diversity that has important implications for the design and development of vaccines, diagnostic reagents and drugs effective against this parasite. DNA approaches that have been used for accurate identification of these genetic variants are presented here as is a description of their application in molecular epidemiological surveys of cystic echinococcosis in...
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