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Molecular characterization revealed Fasciola specimens in Ecuador are all Fasciola hepatica, none at all of Fasciola gigantica or parthenogenic Fasciola species.
Parasitology international - 1 Feb 2021
Kasahara Shinpei, Ohari Yuma, Jin Sakura, Calvopina Manuel, Takagi Hidekazu, Sugiyama Hiromu, Itagaki Tadashi
Abstract excerpt
All 225 Fasciola flukes obtained from domestic animals (73 cattle, 7 sheep and 1 pig) of 18 distinct geographic areas in Ecuador-South America, were identified as Fasciola hepatica, based on molecular analyses of nuclear pepck and pold genes, and mitochondrial nad1gene as well as the morphological observation of sperm within the seminal vesicles. Fasciola gigantica and parthenogenic Fasciola forms endemic to...
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