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Clonal amplification of Fasciola hepatica in Galba truncatula: within and between isolate variation of triclabendazole-susceptible and -resistant clones.
Parasites & vectors - 26 Jun 2018
Hodgkinson Jane E, Cwiklinski Krystyna, Beesley Nicola, Hartley Catherine, Allen Katherine, Williams Diana J L
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BACKGROUND: Fasciola hepatica is of worldwide significance, impacting on the health, welfare and productivity of livestock and regarded by WHO as a re-emerging zoonosis. Triclabendazole (TCBZ), the drug of choice for controlling acute fasciolosis in livestock, is also the drug used to treat human infections. However TCBZ-resistance is now considered a major threat to the effective control of F. hepatica. It has...
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