Contrasting genomic variability between clones from field isolates and laboratory populations of Schistosoma mansoni

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 409-414

  Pinto, Patricia Machado ^a   Brito, Cristiana F A ^a   Jannoti Passos, Liana K ^a   Tendler, Miriam ^a   Simpson, Andrew J G ^b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Polymerase chain reaction; Randomly amplified polymorphic DNA; Schistosoma mansoni; Schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

ANIMALS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI;

EID: 0031129898     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02761997000300019     Document Type: Article

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