Necator americanus (Nematoda: Ancylostomatidae) from Africa and Malaysia have different ITS-2 rDNA sequences

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 611-615

  Romstad, A ^a,b   Gasser, R B ^a   Nansen, P ^b   Polderman, A M ^c   Chilton, N B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Internal transcribed spacer; Necator americanus; Ribosomal DNA; Sequencing

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; HOOKWORM INFECTION; MALAYSIA; NECATOR AMERICANUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NECATOR AMERICANUS; NECATORIASIS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANCYLOSTOMATIDAE; ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; NECATOR AMERICANUS; NEMATODA;

EID: 0032055486     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(97)00213-0     Document Type: Article

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