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Exploring molecular variation in Schistosoma japonicum in China.
Scientific reports - 1 Dec 2015
Young Neil D, Chan Kok-Gan, Korhonen Pasi K, Min Chong Teik, Ee Robson, Mohandas Namitha, Koehler Anson V, Lim Yan-Lue, Hofmann Andreas, Jex Aaron R, Qian Baozhen, Chilton Neil B, Gobert Geoffrey N, McManus Donald P, Tan Patrick, Webster Bonnie L, Rollinson David, Gasser Robin B
Abstract excerpt
Schistosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease that affects more than 200 million people worldwide. The main disease-causing agents, Schistosoma japonicum, S. mansoni and S. haematobium, are blood flukes that have complex life cycles involving a snail intermediate host. In Asia, S. japonicum causes hepatointestinal disease (schistosomiasis japonica) and is challenging to control due to a broad distribution of...
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