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Molecular, biochemical, and morphometric characterization of Fasciola species potentially causing zoonotic disease in Egypt.
Parasitology research - 1 Sept 2012
El-Rahimy Hoda H, Mahgoub Abeer M A, El-Gebaly Naglaa Saad M, Mousa Wahid M A, Antably Abeer S A E
Abstract excerpt
Fascioliasis is an important disease caused by Fasciola hepatica and Fasciola gigantica. The distributions of both species overlap in many areas of Asia and Africa including Egypt. Fifty adult Fasciola worms were collected from livers of cattle and sheep slaughtered in abattoirs, Cairo, Egypt. They were subjected to morphological and metric assessment of external features of fresh adults, morphological and metric...
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