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Genetic diversity of Dirofilaria spp. isolated from subcutaneous and ocular lesions of human patients in Ukraine.
Acta tropica - 1 Feb 2015
Rossi Alice, Peix Álvaro, Pavlikovskaya Tamara, Sagach Olga, Nikolaenko Svetlana, Chizh Nina, Kartashev Vladimir, Simón Fernando, Siles-Lucas Mar
Abstract excerpt
This short communication describes the phylogenetic analysis of 48 Dirofilaria worms isolated from human patients in Ukraine. 102 cases were both of subcutaneous (47; 46.1%) and ocular (54; 52.9%) locations. Worms from 44 patients (15 subcutaneous and 29 ocular) were subjected to DNA extraction and amplification of a specific fragment of the 12S rRNA subunit, and sequences were used for phylogenetic analysis....
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