Article
Genetic diversity of Schistosoma japonicum miracidia from individual rodent hosts.
International journal for parasitology - 1 Nov 2011
Lu Da-Bing, Wang Tian-Ping, Rudge James W, Donnelly Christl A, Fang Guo-Ren, Webster Joanne P
Abstract excerpt
Schistosoma japonicum is an important parasite in terms of clinical, veterinary and socio-economic impacts, and rodents, a long neglected reservoir for the parasite, have recently been found to act as reservoir hosts in some endemic areas of China. Any difference in the host's biological characteristics and/or associated living habitats among rodents may result in different environments for parasites, possibly...
Topics
- Animals
- China
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Host Specificity
- Male
- Microsatellite Repeats
- Rodent Diseases
- Rodentia
- Schistosoma japonicum
- Schistosomiasis japonica
