A DNA probe for the detection of Dicrocoelium dendriticum in ants of Formica spp. and Lasius spp.

Parasitology Research

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 505-508

  Heussler, V ^a   Kaufmann, H ^b   Glaser, I ^c   Ducommun, D ^d   Muller C ^d   Dobbelaere, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Bundesamt F Veterinärwesen ^*  (Switzerland)

^c Institute for General Microbiology   (Switzerland)

^d SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

ANT; ARTICLE; DICROCOELIUM; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA PROBE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MAPPING; LIFE CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREMATODE;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DICROCOELIUM; DNA PROBES; DNA, HELMINTH; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

ANIMALIA; DICROCOELIUM DENDRITICUM; FORMICA; FORMICA CUNICULARIA; FORMICA RUFIBARBIS; FORMICIDAE; LASIUS; TREMATODA;

EID: 0031832324     PISSN: 00443255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004360050437     Document Type: Article

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