Intraspecific variation of Spirometra erinaceieuropaei and phylogenetic relationship between Spirometra and Diphyllobothrium inferred from mitochondrial CO1 gene sequences.

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Spirometra erinaceieuropaei is a diphyllobothriid cestode whose adult stage occurs mainly in cat-like carnivores, but occasionally in canids and humans. Although it is generally accepted that the distribution of S. erinaceieuropaei is cosmopolitan, it is controversial as to whether all of S. erinaceieuropaei reported are the same species. This study determined partial sequences of the CO1 gene from several...

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