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Diversity of Sarcocystis spp shed by opossums in Brazil inferred with phylogenetic analysis of DNA coding ITS1, cytochrome B, and surface antigens.
Experimental parasitology - 1 May 2016
Valadas Samantha Y O B, da Silva Juliana I G, Lopes Estela Gallucci, Keid Lara B, Zwarg Ticiana, de Oliveira Alice S, Sanches Thaís C, Joppert Adriana M, Pena Hilda F J, Oliveira Tricia M F S, Ferreira Helena L, Soares Rodrigo M
Abstract excerpt
Although few species of Sarcocystis are known to use marsupials of the genus Didelphis as definitive host, an extensive diversity of alleles of surface antigen genes (sag2, sag3, and sag4) has been described in samples of didelphid opossums in Brazil. In this work, we studied 25 samples of Sarcocystis derived from gastrointestinal tract of opossums of the genus Didelphis by accessing the variability of sag2,...
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