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Molecular characterization of the parasitic tapeworm Bertiella studeri from the island of Mauritius.
Parasitology research - 1 Feb 2012
Taleb-Hossenkhan Nawsheen, Bhagwant Suress
Abstract excerpt
Specimens of Bertiella studeri (Cyclophyllidea, Anoplocephalidae) that have been preserved in ethanol or fixed permanently in formalin for >2 years were used for DNA extraction and molecular characterization. DNA was amplified via PCR from samples collected from different monkey and human hosts using eucestoda-specific primers. Phylogenetic trees were inferred from two sets of sequence data corresponding to the...
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