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First phenotypic and genotypic description of Fasciola hepatica infecting highland cattle in the state of Mexico, Mexico.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Oct 2018
Valero M Adela, Bargues M Dolores, Calderón Leticia, Artigas Patricio, Mas-Coma Santiago
Abstract excerpt
Fascioliasis is a plantborne and zoonotic parasitic disease caused by fasciolid liver flukes. Fasciola hepatica is the only fasciolid species described in the Americas. Human fascioliasis endemic areas are mainly located in high altitude areas of the Americas. Given the necessity to characterize F. hepatica populations involved, the phenotypic and genotypic features of fasciolid adults infecting cattle in the...
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