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Cystic echinococcosis in Poland: genetic variability and the first record of Echinococcus granulosus sensu stricto (G1 genotype) in the country.
Parasitology research - 1 Nov 2017
Sałamatin Rusłan, Kowal Jerzy, Nosal Paweł, Kornaś Sławomir, Cielecka Danuta, Jańczak Dawid, Patkowski Waldemar, Gawor Jakub, Kornyushin Vadim, Golab Elzbieta, Šnábel Viliam
Abstract excerpt
Cystic echinococcosis is one of the most important zoonotic diseases affecting humans and livestock worldwide, and is endemic in Poland. A set of six isolates on larval stages of Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato tapeworms collected from three humans, two pigs and one sheep from Polish foci of CE was examined by DNA sequencing of two mitochondrial genes (cox1, rrnS). The results demonstrated the presence of E....
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