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Genetic diversity of schistosomes and snails: implications for control.
Parasitology - 1 Nov 2009
Rollinson David, Webster Joanne P, Webster Bonnie, Nyakaana Silvester, Jørgensen Aslak, Stothard J Russell
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Molecular approaches are providing new insights into the genetic diversity of schistosomes and their intermediate snail hosts. For instance, molecular tools based on the polymerase chain reaction are being developed for the diagnosis of schistosomiasis and the detection of prepatent schistosome infections in snails at transmission sites. Robust phylogenies of the different species of Schistosoma, Bulinus and...
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