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Molecular epidemiology and phylogeography of Schistosoma mansoni around Lake Victoria.
Parasitology - 1 Nov 2010
Standley C J, Kabatereine N B, Lange C N, Lwambo N J S, Stothard J R
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Intestinal schistosomiasis continues to be a major public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa, and is endemic in communities around Lake Victoria. Interest is growing in the molecular evolution and population genetic structure of Schistosoma mansoni and we describe a detailed analysis of the molecular epidemiology and phylogeography of S. mansoni from Lake Victoria. In total, 388 cytochrome oxidase 1 (COI)...
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