Epidemiological and genetic characterization of larval stages of Fasciola gigantica in snail intermediate hosts in Karnataka State, India (original) (raw)

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The authors are thankful to the Director of the ICAR-National Institute of Veterinary Epidemiology and Disease Informatics for providing facilities for completion of this study.

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