Characterization of Oesophagostomum bifurcum and Necator americanus by PCR-RFLP of rDNA

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 963-966

  Romstad, A ^a   Gasser, R B ^c   Nansen, P ^a   Polderman, A M ^b   Monti, J R ^c   Chilton, N B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC MARKER; LIFE CYCLE; NECATOR AMERICANUS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STRONGYLOIDEA;

ANIMALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; NECATOR AMERICANUS; NECATORIASIS; OESOPHAGOSTOMIASIS; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; NECATOR AMERICANUS; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM BIFURCUM; STRONGYLOIDEA;

EID: 0030776163     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284301     Document Type: Article

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