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Stirred, not shaken: genetic structure of the intermediate snail host Oncomelania hupensis robertsoni in an historically endemic schistosomiasis area.
Parasites & vectors - 26 Oct 2011
Hauswald Anne-Kathrin, Remais Justin V, Xiao Ning, Davis George M, Lu Ding, Bale Margaret J, Wilke Thomas
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Oncomelania hupensis robertsoni is the sole intermediate host for Schistosoma japonicum in western China. Given the close co-evolutionary relationships between snail host and parasite, there is interest in understanding the distribution of distinct snail phylogroups as well as regional population structures. Therefore, this study focuses on these aspects in a re-emergent schistosomiasis area known to...
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