Limited range of genetic variation in Echinococcus multilocularis

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1045-1050

  Rinder, Heinz ^a   Rausch, Robert L ^a,b   Takahashi, Kenichi ^a,c   Kopp, Hartmuth ^a,d   Thomschke, Angelika ^a   Löscher, Thomas ^a  

^a Dept of Infect Dis and Trop Med ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c HOKKAIDO INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^d State Dept Investigative Hlth S   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ECHINOCOCCUS; FOXES; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETICS, POPULATION; GERBILLINAE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031441449     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284359     Document Type: Article

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