Molecular separation of Oesophagostomum stephanostomum and Oesophagostomum bifurcum (Nematoda: Strongyloidea) from non-human primates

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1087-1091

  Gasser, R B ^a   Woods, W G ^a   Huffman, M A ^b   Blotkamp, J ^c   Polderman, A M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Nematoda; Non human primates; Oesophagostomum bifurcum; Oesophagostomum stephanostomum; Second internal transcribed spacer (ITS 2)

Indexed keywords

SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC MARKER; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMATE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STRONGYLOIDEA;

ANIMALS; APE DISEASES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, HELMINTH; HAPLORHINI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONKEY DISEASES; OESOPHAGOSTOMIASIS; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM; PAN TROGLODYTES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CERCOPITHECUS MONA; DOMINGOA HAEMATOCHILA; NEMATODA; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM BIFURCUM; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM STEPHANOSTOMUM; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES; STEPHANOSTOMUM; STRONGYLOIDEA;

EID: 0032790192     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(99)00037-5     Document Type: Article

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