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DUAL INFECTION OF ANIMAL HOSTS WITH DIFFERENT ECHINOCOCCUS SPECIES IN THE EASTERN QINGHAI-TIBET PLATEAU REGION OF CHINA
1 Aug 2006
Abstract excerpt
The eastern Qinghai-Tibet plateau of China is a highly endemic region of echinococcosis where Echinococcus granulosus sensu stricto (sheep strain), Echinococcus multilocularis, and Echinococcus shiquicus are distributed sympatrically. We developed a polymerase chain reaction-based restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) method for the identification of the three species in this region. The PCR-RFLP...
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