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Phenotypic plasticity in the cercarial indices of human and rodent samples of Schistosoma mansoni (Digenea: Schistosomatidae).
Annals of tropical medicine and parasitology - 1 Sept 2005
Bogéa T
Abstract excerpt
In the epidemiology of schistosomiasis, the cercarial index (CI) has been used for several purposes, including the identification of the species of vertebrate host involved in transmission in a particular setting. The CI of samples of Schistosoma mansoni of human (BH) and rodent (CMO) origin have now been compared, in an attempt to identify morphological markers on cercariae that would indicate whether the eggs...
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