Species-specific primers discriminate schistosome intermediate hosts: Unambiguous PCR diagnosis of Bulinus forskalii group taxa (Gastropoda: Planorbidae)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 843-849

  Jones, C S ^a   Noble, L R ^a   Lockyer, A E ^a   Brown, D S ^b   Rollinson, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

B. forskalii; PCR; RAPDs; Species specific primers; Tropical freshwater snails

Indexed keywords

BASOMMATOPHORA; BULINUS FORSKALII; BULINUS SENEGALENSIS; GASTROPODA; PLANORBIDAE; SCHISTOSOMA;

EID: 0030874090     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.1997.tb00138.x     Document Type: Article

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