Ancient, globally distributed lineage of Sarcocystis from sporocysts of the Eastern rat snake (Panth...
Ancient, globally distributed lineage of Sarcocystis from sporocysts of the Eastern rat snake (Pantherophis alleghaniensis) and its relation to neurological sequalae in intermediate hosts
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Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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English
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Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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There is an emerging concern that snakes are definitive hosts of certain species of
Sarcocystis
that cause muscular sarcocystosis in human and non-human primates. Other species of
Sarcocystis
are known to cycle among snakes and rodents, but have been poorly characterized in the USA and elsewhere. Although neurological sequalae are known...
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Ancient, globally distributed lineage of Sarcocystis from sporocysts of the Eastern rat snake (Pantherophis alleghaniensis) and its relation to neurological sequalae in intermediate hosts
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1868304388
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1868304388
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0932-0113
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1432-1955
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10.1007/s00436-016-5086-2
