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A parasite through time: Revisiting Trypanosoma rajae Laveran and Mesnil, 1902 with new molecular and morphological insights from the blood of Rajidae in the western Mediterranean
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- 1. University of Algiers 1, Benyoucef Benkhedda, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Natural and Life Sciences, 2 Rue Didouche Mourad, 16000 Algiers, Algeria & University of Science and Technology Houari Boumediene USTHB, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Biodiversity and Environment: Interactions-Genomes Laboratory, BP 32, El Alia Bab Ezzouar, Algiers, Algeria
- 2. Unit´e de Communication Mol´eculaire et Adaptation des Microorganismes (MCAM, UMR7245), Mus´eum National d'Histoire Naturelle, CNRS, CP 52, 57 Rue Cuvier, 75005, Paris, France
- 3. Department of Zoology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Box 50007, SE-104 05, Stockholm, Sweden
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Kefil, Sabrina, Kechemir-Issad, Linda Duval Nadia, Labat, Amandine, Bouguerche, Chahinez (2025): A parasite through time: Revisiting Trypanosoma rajae Laveran and Mesnil, 1902 with new molecular and morphological insights from the blood of Rajidae in the western Mediterranean. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 27: 101097, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2025.101097, URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2025.101097
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