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Occurrence of the G3 Indian buffalo strain of Echinococcus granulosus in cattle.
Parassitologia - 1 Dec 2007
Calderini P, Gabrielli S, Iori A, Grifoni G, Busi M, Petouchoff T, Cancrini G
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During a survey carried out to define the occurrence of Echinococcus granulosus in cattle bred in the province of Rieti (Central Italy), molecular diagnostics (PCR amplification and sequencing of a partial region of the mitochondrial CO1 gene) showed that 6/10 positive bovines harboured hydatid cysts (No.=16) genetically identical (95.8-100%) to the Indian buffalo genotype G3. As far the location of the 16 cysts,...
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