High Prevalence of the Liver Fluke Amphimerus sp. in Domestic Cats and Dogs in an Area for Human Amphimeriasis in Ecuador

• Manuel Calvopiña ,

  * E-mail: manuelcalvopina@gmail.com

  ¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Centro de Biomedicina, Carrera de Medicina, Universidad Central, Quito, Ecuador

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• William Cevallos ,

  ¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Centro de Biomedicina, Carrera de Medicina, Universidad Central, Quito, Ecuador

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• Richard Atherton,

  Affiliation Centro de Biomedicina, Carrera de Medicina, Universidad Central, Quito, Ecuador

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• Matthew Saunders,

  Affiliation Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom

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• Alexander Small,

  Affiliation Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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• Hideo Kumazawa,

  Affiliation Department of Parasitology Kochi Medical School, Kochi, Japan

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• Hiromu Sugiyama

  Affiliation Department of Parasitology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

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