Detection of Schistosoma mansoni in Biomphalaria using nested PCR

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 387-394

  Hanelt, Ben ^a   Adema, Coen M ^a   Mansour, Mohamed H ^a,b   Loker, Eric S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMPHALARIA; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; INFECTION; MIRACIDIUM; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOMPHALARIA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, HELMINTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 0030916166     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284399     Document Type: Article

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