Comparative Phylogenetic Studies on Schistosoma japonicum and Its Snail Intermediate Host Oncomelania hupensis: Origins, Dispersal and Coevolution

BACKGROUND: Schistosoma japonicum causes major public health problems in China and the Philippines; this parasite, which is transmitted by freshwater snails of the species Oncomelania hupensis, causes the disease intestinal schistosomiasis in humans and cattle. Researchers working on Schistosoma in...

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Published in:PLoS Negl Trop Dis
Main Authors: Attwood, Stephen W., Ibaraki, Motomu, Saitoh, Yasuhide, Nihei, Naoko, Janies, Daniel A.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4521948/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26230619
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003935
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