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Genetic Diversity of Taenia solium and its Relation to Clinical Presentation of Cysticercosis.
The Yale journal of biology and medicine - 1 Jun 2021
Ito Akira, Budke Christine M
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In this perspectives paper, we discuss fertilization strategies for Taenia saginata and Taenia saginata asiatica as well as heterogeneity in Taenia solium, the causative agent of human cysticercosis. Two different genotypes of T. solium (Asian and Afro/American) were confirmed by mitochondrial DNA analysis approximately two decades ago. Since then, outcrossings of the two genotypes have been identified in...
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