Fasciola hepatica phenotypic characterization in Andean human endemic areas: Valley versus altiplanic patterns analysed in liver flukes from sheep from Cajamarca and Mantaro, Peru

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 403-410

  Valero, M Adela ^a   Perez Crespo, Ignácio ^a   Khoubbane, Messaoud ^a   Artigas, Patricio ^a   Panova, Miroslava ^a   Ortiz, Pedro ^b   Maco, Vicente ^c   Espinoza, José R ^d   Mas Coma, Santiago ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CAJAMARCA   (Peru)

^c BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Fasciola hepatica; Human endemic areas; Peru; Phenotypic characterization; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; BREEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EUROPE; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMS BY SIZE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PERU; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; SHEEP; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; HUMANS; PERU; PHENOTYPE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

FASCIOLA GIGANTICA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIDAE; FOSSARIA; GASTROPODA; LYMNAEIDAE; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84857658665     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2012.01.009     Document Type: Article

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