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Investigation of the relationship between CE cyst characteristics and genetic diversity of Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato in humans from Turkey.
Parasitology - 1 Dec 2020
Örsten Serra, Çiftçi Türkmen, Azizova Aynur, Yüce Gökhan, Uysal Aycan, İmamoğlu Çetin, Karaağaoğlu Ergun, Akıncı Devrim, Akyön Yakut, Casulli Adriano, Akhan Okan
Abstract excerpt
Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is one of the most common zoonotic diseases worldwide, particularly in rural areas. This study aimed at the identification of the genotype/species belonging to Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato (s.l.) specimens in retrieved percutaneously from the human host and to investigate their relationship with cyst characteristics. The genetic identification of cyst material was performed by...
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