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Molecular detection of E. granulosus sheep strain (G1) infections in naturally infected dogs in Punjab (India)

Helminthologia
Volume 51 (2014): Issue 4 (December 2014)
By: B. Singh,  R. Sharma,  J. Sharma and  J. Singh Gill  
Open Access
|Nov 2014

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-014-0240-9 | Journal eISSN: 1336-9083 | Journal ISSN: 0440-6605
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Language: English
Page range: 269 - 272
Published on: Nov 4, 2014
Published by: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Parasitology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: Volume open
Keywords:
Echinococcus granulosus,
dogs,
sheep strain (G1),
PCR,
North India
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Zoology,
Ecology,
Life sciences, other,
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Microbiology, virology and infection epidemiology

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