Retraction Note to: J Parasit Dis (Jan-Mar 2014) 38(1):16–21 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12639-012-0185-1

This article (Sofi and Ahmad 2014) has been retracted at the request of the Editor-in-Chief and The Indian Society for Parasitology (ISP) because of overlap with a previously published article by Petkevičiūtė (2003). The corresponding author agrees to this retraction.