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The relationship between genetic variability and the susceptibility of Biomphalaria alexandrina snails to Schistosoma mansoni infection.
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - 1 May 2012
Mohamed Azza H, El-Din Ahmed T Sharaf, Mohamed Ahmed M, Habib Mohamed R
Abstract excerpt
In the present study, Biomphalaria snails collected from five Egyptian governorates (Giza, Fayoum, Kafr El-Sheikh, Ismailia and Damietta), as well as reference control Biomphalaria alexandrina snails from the Schistosome Biological Supply Center (SBSC) (Theodor Bilharz Research Institute, Egypt), were subjected to species-specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays to identify the collected species. All of...
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