Eggs as a Suitable Tool for Species Diagnosis of Causative Agents of Human Diphyllobothriosis (Cestoda)

Kateřina Leštinová; Miroslava Soldánová; Tomáš Scholz; Roman Kuchta

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0004721

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Eggs as a Suitable Tool for Species Diagnosis of Causative Agents of Human Diphyllobothriosis (Cestoda)

Kateřina Leštinová,

Affiliation Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences & Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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Miroslava Soldánová,

Affiliation Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences & Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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Tomáš Scholz,

Affiliation Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences & Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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Roman Kuchta

* E-mail: krtek@paru.cas.cz

Affiliation Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences & Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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Eggs as a Suitable Tool for Species Diagnosis of Causative Agents of Human Diphyllobothriosis (Cestoda)

Kateřina Leštinová,
Miroslava Soldánová,
Tomáš Scholz,
Roman Kuchta

Published: May 25, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004721

About the Authors

Kateřina Leštinová

Affiliation Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences & Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic

Miroslava Soldánová

Affiliation Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences & Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic

Tomáš Scholz

Affiliation Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences & Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic

Roman Kuchta

* E-mail: krtek@paru.cas.cz

Affiliation Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences & Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RK KL. Performed the experiments: RK KL. Analyzed the data: MS KL RK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RK MS TS KL. Wrote the paper: RK TS MS KL.

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