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Analysis of Schistosoma mansoni population structure using total fecal egg sampling.
The Journal of parasitology - 1 Aug 2009
Blank Walter A, Reis Eliana A G, Thiong'o Fred W, Braghiroli Joao F, Santos Jarbas M, Melo Paulo R S, Guimarães Isabel C S, Silva Luciano K, Carmo Theomira M A, Reis Mitermeyer G, Blanton Ronald E
Abstract excerpt
Many parasite populations are difficult to sample because they are not uniformly distributed between several host species and are often not easily collected from the living host, thereby limiting sample size and possibly distorting the representation of the population. For the parasite Schistosoma mansoni, we investigated the use of eggs, in aggregate, from the stools of infected individuals as a simple and...
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