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Echinococcus granulosus strain differentiation in Iran based on sequence heterogeneity in the mitochondrial 12S rRNA gene.
Journal of helminthology - 1 Dec 2008
Rostami Nejad M, Nazemalhosseini Mojarad E, Nochi Z, Fasihi Harandi M, Cheraghipour K, Mowlavi G R, Zali M R
Abstract excerpt
Parasite strain characterization is essential for the establishment of a prevention and control strategy in any endemic area. The aim of this study was to characterize different Echinococcus granulosus isolates from Iran by using DNA sequences of the mitochondrial 12S rRNA gene. Thirty livers and lungs of cattle, sheep and goats naturally infected with E. granulosus were collected from abattoirs in northern and...
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