Bioaccumulation of Some Heavy Metals in the Liver Flukes Fasciola hepatica and F. gigantica

  Background: Heavy metals tend to bioaccumulate in living organisms, and their accumulation has been a major concern. As mammals are known to excrete heavy metals via their bile, it seems to be very promising to analyse metal burdens of par-asites that infect the biliary tree such as liver fluke...

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Main Authors: Wael Mohamed Lotfy, Anwar Mohsen Ezz, Ashraf Ali Moustafa Hassan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2013-12-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Parasitology
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Online Access:https://ijpa.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijpa/article/view/455