| sequence analyses of its2 and co1 genes of paragonimus proliferus obtained in yunnan province, china and their similarities with those of p. hokuoensis. | among about 50 paragonimus species, paragonimus proliferus is a rare species characterized by extremely large metacercariae, most of which are present excysted in the crab hosts. recently, this species was discovered by us in northern vietnam as the first record outside of china. dna sequences of both second internal transcribed spacer region (its2) and cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 gene (co1) genes of the metacercariae and adult worms of p. proliferus of the vietnamese isolates were identical wi ... | 2008 | 18368422 |