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Genetic diversity of Taenia solium cysticerci from naturally infected pigs of central Mexico.
Veterinary parasitology - 26 Feb 2010
Bobes Raúl J, Fragoso Gladis, Reyes-Montes María del Rocio, Duarte-Escalante Esperanza, Vega Rodrigo, de Aluja Aline S, Zúñiga Gerardo, Morales Julio, Larralde Carlos, Sciutto Edda
Abstract excerpt
This study was designed to explore if each individual case of naturally acquired porcine cysticercosis, living in different geographic rural areas of central Mexico, is caused by one or more different specimens of Taenia solium tapeworm. The genetic variability among cysticerci from the same pig and that from different pigs was assessed by random amplified polymorphic DNA markers (RAPDs), through the percentage...
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