Genetics of the Pig Tapeworm in Madagascar Reveal a History of Human Dispersal and Colonization

An intricate history of human dispersal and geographic colonization has strongly affected the distribution of human pathogens. The pig tapeworm Taenia solium occurs throughout the world as the causative agent of cysticercosis, one of the most serious neglected tropical diseases. Discrete genetic lin...

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Main Authors: Yanagida, Tetsuya, Carod, Jean-François, Sako, Yasuhito, Nakao, Minoru, Hoberg, Eric P., Ito, Akira
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4198324/