A low stringency polymerase chain reaction approach to the identification of Biomphalaria glabrata and B. tenagophila, intermediate snail hosts of Schistosoma mansoni in Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 739-744

  Vidigal, Teofânia H D A ^a   Dias Neto, Emmanuel ^a,b   Simpson, Andrew J G ^c   Carvalho, Omar S ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biomphalaria; Brazil; Identification; Low stringency PCR; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

BIOMPHALARIA; BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA; GASTROPODA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMPHALARIA; BRAZIL; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

ANIMALS; BIOMPHALARIA; BRAZIL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 0030274525     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02761996000600016     Document Type: Article

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