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Combining data from morphological traits and genetic markers to determine transmission cycles in the tape worm, Echinococcus granulosus.
Parasitology - 1 Aug 1998
Lymbery A J
Abstract excerpt
Species of Echinococcus (Cestoda: Taeniidae) require 2 mammalian hosts to complete their life-cycle; a carnivorous definitive host, and a herbivorous or omnivorous intermediate host. For most species of Echinococcus, the definitive host range is restricted to 1 or a few species, but the intermediate host range is very broad. Programmes to control hydatid disease attempt to break the life-cycle of the parasite and...
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