PCR-based methods for identification of potentially zoonotic ascaridoid parasites of the dog, fox and cat

Acta Tropica

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 191-200

  Jacobs, Dennis E ^a,b   Zhu, Xingquan ^b   Gasser, Robin B ^b   Chilton, Neil B ^b  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Identification; ITS 2; PCR linked RFLP; rDNA; Second internal transcribed spacer; Specific primers; Toxascaris; Toxocara; Visceral larva migrans

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASCARIDOIDEA; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FOX; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARA CANIS; VISCERAL LARVA MIGRANS SYNDROME; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATS; DOGS; FOXES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; TOXOCARA;

EID: 0030770535     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(97)00093-4     Document Type: Article

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