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Fasciola hepatica phenotypic characterization in Andean human endemic areas: valley versus altiplanic patterns analysed in liver flukes from sheep from Cajamarca and Mantaro, Peru.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Mar 2012
Valero M Adela, Perez-Crespo Ignácio, Khoubbane Messaoud, Artigas Patricio, Panova Miroslava, Ortiz Pedro, Maco Vicente, Espinoza José R, Mas-Coma Santiago
Abstract excerpt
Fascioliasis is a zoonotic parasitic disease caused by Fasciola hepatica and Fasciola gigantica. Of both species, F. hepatica is the only one described in the Americas, mainly transmitted by lymnaeid snail vectors of the Galba/Fossaria group. Human fascioliasis endemic areas are mainly located in...
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