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Patent and pre-patent detection of Echinococcus granulosus genotypes in the definitive host.
Molecular and cellular probes - 1 Feb 2006
Naidich Ariel, McManus Donald P, Canova Sergio G, Gutierrez Ariana M, Zhang Wenbao, Guarnera Eduardo A, Rosenzvit Mara C
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The detection of Echinococcus granulosus in dogs is important for epidemiological surveillance and evaluation of cystic hydatic disease control programs. We report the efficacy of two PCR-based methods to detect patent and pre-patent infection in dogs experimentally infected with E. granulosus. The detection is based on amplification of a fragment of a mitochondrial gene (Mit-PCR) and a DNA repetitive element...
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