Detection of Enterobius vermicularis in archived formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) appendectomy blocks: It’s potential to compare genetic variations based on mitochondrial DNA (cox1) gene

• Maryam Haghshenas,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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• Mona Koosha,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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• Alireza Latifi,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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• Elham Kazemirad ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: kazemirad@tums.ac.ir, ekazemirad@yahoo.com (EK); molavig@yahoo.com (GM)

  Affiliation Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8634-5584

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• Arash Dehghan,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Hamedan University of Medical Sciences, Hamedan, Iran

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• Bahram Nikmanesh,

  Roles Conceptualization

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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• Gholamreza Mowlavi

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: kazemirad@tums.ac.ir, ekazemirad@yahoo.com (EK); molavig@yahoo.com (GM)

  Affiliations Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Center for Research of Endemic Parasites of Iran (CREPI), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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