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Microsatellite markers for Opisthorchis felineus to understand its genetic diversity and transmission patterns of opisthorchiosis.
Parasitology research - 1 Dec 2023
Katokhin Aleksey V, Saltykova Irina V, De Liberato Claudio, Schuster Rolf, Velavan Thirumalaisamy P
Abstract excerpt
Opisthorchis felineus is a food-borne trematode which causes opisthorchiosis and affects mainly the liver and bile ducts of the liver with a possible risk of bile duct carcinogenesis resulting in cholangiocarcinoma. In Russia, O. felineus is mainly endemic in Western Siberia (Ob and Irtysh river basins) and occurs throughout the Volga, Kama, Don, and Dnepr river basins. The prevalence, intensity, and clinical...
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