Indication of the presence of two distinct strains of Echinococcus granulosus in Iran by mitochondrial DNA markers

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 171-174

  Zhang, Lihua ^a   Eslami, A ^b   Hosseini, S H ^b   McManus, D P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; DNA MARKER; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; GENOTYPE; INFECTION CONTROL; IRAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESERVOIR; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031746737     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.59.171     Document Type: Article

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