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Cerebral and non-cerebral coenurosis: on the genotypic and phenotypic diversity of Taenia multiceps.
Parasitology research - 1 Dec 2016
Christodoulopoulos Georgios, Dinkel Anke, Romig Thomas, Ebi Dennis, Mackenstedt Ute, Loos-Frank Brigitte
Abstract excerpt
We characterised the causative agents of cerebral and non-cerebral coenurosis in livestock by determining the mitochondrial genotypes and morphological phenotypes of 52 Taenia multiceps isolates from a wide geographical range in Europe, Africa, and western Asia. Three studies were conducted: (1) a morphological comparison of the rostellar hooks of cerebral and non-cerebral cysts of sheep and goats, (2) a...
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