Screening for different genotypes of Echinococcus granulosus within China and Argentina by single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) analysis

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 329-334

  Zhang, Lihua ^a   Gasser, Robin B ^b   Zhu, Xingquan ^b   McManus, Donald P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Argentina; China; Cytochrome c oxidase subunit I; Echinococcus granulosus; Genotype; Mitochondrial DNA; NADH dehydrogenase I; Polymerase chain reaction based single strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP); Sequence; Variation

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALIA; CESTODA; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032787795     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(99)90043-3     Document Type: Article

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