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. 2019 Jan 30;57(2):e01067-18.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.01067-18. Print 2019 Feb.

Medical Parasitology Taxonomy Update, 2016-2017

Blaine A Mathison  1 , Bobbi S Pritt  2
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Medical Parasitology Taxonomy Update, 2016-2017

Blaine A Mathison et al. J Clin Microbiol. .

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Abstract

Parasite taxonomy continues to change as molecular and morphologic studies enhance our understanding of parasite relatedness. This minireview builds on the information provided in the last taxonomy update in this journal to summarize new and revised clinically relevant human parasite taxonomic changes that have occurred in 2016 and 2017.

Keywords: helminth; parasite; parasitology; protozoa; taxonomy; worm.

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