Table 2. Echinococcus species in cattle hydatid cysts detected in the present study based on restriction length polymorphism-PCR analysis.
Species identified by molecular analysis | No. isolates | Organ | |
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Liver | Lungs | ||
E. granulosus s.s. (G1,G2,G3) | 284 | 86 | 198 |
Other E. granulosus s.l. species (G4-G10) | 6 | 2 | 4 |
Total | 290 |