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Genetic analysis of Anisakis typica (Nematoda: Anisakidae) from cetaceans of the northeast coast of Brazil: new data on its definitive hosts.
Veterinary parasitology - 10 Jun 2011
Iñiguez Alena M, Carvalho Vitor L, Motta Monica R Alves, Pinheiro Diana C Sousa Nunes, Vicente Ana C Paulo
Abstract excerpt
Anisakids from 5 different species of cetacean, Kogia breviceps, Peponocephala electra, Stenella clymene, Stenella longirostris and Steno bredanensis, were submitted to genetic analysis. Adults and larvae fixed in ethanol-formalin-acetic acid or in 70% ethanol for periods ranging from 10 months to 10 years were isolated from 9 cetaceans stranded on Ceará coast, Northeast Brazil. The 18S rDNA gene, ITS1, and...
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