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Molecular Examination of the Sympatry and Distribution of Sheep and Camel Strains of Echinococcus granulosus in Kenya
1 Apr 1993
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Previous studies have shown that camel and sheep strains of the cystic hydatid parasite Echinococcus granulosus occur in Kenya. We examined 208 larval isolates and 40 worm samples of E. granulosus from various hosts in Kenya using restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of a segment of ribosomal DNA amplified by the polymerase chain reaction. This was in an effort to determine whether additional strains...
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