Article
The Genetic Diversity of Spirometra Tapeworm Isolates From Snakes in The Hunan Province of Central China
2021-07-07
Abstract excerpt
<h4>Background: </h4> Sparganosis, caused by the larval plerocercoid of Spirometra tapeworms, still poses a potential public health hazard in China. Snakes are an important source of infection for human sparganosis; however, insufficient studies on the population genetics of Spirometra isolates from snakes have occurred to date. This study collected 67 Spirometra isolates from snakes, and several definitive hosts...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 82108224-a38d-532c-86ac-54cc40927606
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-648254/v1
