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Characterisation of the relationship between Spirometra erinaceieuropaei and Diphyllobothrium species using complete cytb and cox1 genes.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Oct 2015
Zhang Xi, Wang Han, Cui Jing, Jiang Peng, Fu Guo Mei, Zhong Kan, Zhang Zi Fang, Wang Zhong Quan
Abstract excerpt
Spirometra erinaceieuropaei is an important diphyllobothriid cestode whose larval plerocercoid (sparganum) can parasitise humans, causing sparganosis. In China, sparganosis is an important foodborne parasitic zoonosis and poses a serious threat to human health. However, our knowledge of the taxonomic classification of S. erinaceieuropaei and its relationship with other diphyllobothriid cestodes, such as...
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