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Genome analysis of Excretory/Secretory proteins in Taenia solium reveals their Abundance of Antigenic Regions (AAR)

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Understanding the evolutionary structural variability and target specificity of tick salivary Kunitz peptides using next generation transcriptome data

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A Monoclonal Antibody-Based Copro-ELISA Kit for Canine Echinococcosis to Support the PAHO Effort for Hydatid Disease Control in South America

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A review of the global prevalence, molecular epidemiology and economics of cystic echinococcosis in production animals

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A Transcriptomic Analysis of Echinococcus granulosus Larval Stages: Implications for Parasite Biology and Host Adaptation

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A Systematically Improved High Quality Genome and Transcriptome of the Human Blood Fluke Schistosoma mansoni

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A Family of Diverse Kunitz Inhibitors from Echinococcus granulosus Potentially Involved in Host-Parasite Cross-Talk

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Biochemical characterization of a Kunitz type inhibitor similar to dendrotoxins produced by Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Acari: Ixodidae) hemocytes

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Zoonotic Larval Cestode Infections: Neglected, Neglected Tropical Diseases?

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Recent developments in the MAFFT multiple sequence alignment program

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Discovery of a Distinct Superfamily of Kunitz-Type Toxin (KTT) from Tarantulas

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