Molecular screening for Sarcocystidae in muscles of wild birds from Brazil suggests a plethora of intermediate hosts for Sarcocystis falcatula
Horwald Alexander Bedoya Llano, Heloise Zavatieri Polato, Lara Borges Keid, Trícia Maria Ferreira de Sousa Oliveira, Ticiana Zwarg, Alice S. Oliveira, Thaís C. Sanches, Adriana Marques Joppert, Luís Fernando Pita Gondim, Rodrigo Martins Soares
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infection but revealed surprisingly low prevalence of this parasite (1.5%).
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