Animal Biodiversity and Conservation (Dec 2006)

Ribosomal DNA ITS-1 sequencing of Galba truncatula (Gastropoda, Lymnaeidae) and its potential impact on fascioliasis transmission in Mendoza, Argentina

  • Bargues, M. D.,
  • Mera y Sierra, R. L.,
  • Gómez, H. G.,
  • Artigas, P.,
  • Mas-Coma, S.

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 29, no. 2
pp. 191 – 194

Abstract

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Sequencing of the rDNA ITS–1 proved that the lymnaeid snail species Galba truncatula is present in Argentina and that it belongs to the haplotype HC, the same as that responsible for the fascioliasis transmission in the human hyperendemic area with the highest human prevalences and intensities known, the Northern Bolivian Altiplano.

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