Genetic variability of Taenia solium cysticerci recovered from experimentally infected pigs and from naturally infected pigs using microsatellite markers.

• Main Authors: Mónica J Pajuelo (Author), María Eguiluz (Author), Elisa Roncal (Author), Stefany Quiñones-García (Author), Steven J Clipman (Author), Juan Calcina (Author), Cesar M Gavidia (Author), Patricia Sheen (Author), Hector H Garcia (Author), Robert H Gilman (Author), Armando E Gonzalez (Author), Mirko Zimic (Author), Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The adult Taenia solium, the pork tapeworm, usually lives as a single worm in the small intestine of humans, its only known definitive host. Mechanisms of genetic variation in T. solium are poorly understood. Using three microsatellite markers previously reported [1], this study explored the genetic...