Single nucleotide variation in rDNA ITS-2 differentiates Psoroptes isolates from sheep and rabbits from the same geographical area

Parasitology

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 419-424

  Ochs, H ^a   Mathis, A ^a   Deplazes, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chorioptes; Epidemiology; ITS 2; Morphology; Psoroptes; Sarcoptes

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE; RIBOSOME DNA;

ACARI; ARTICLE; CAMEL; COW; DNA SEQUENCE; FOX; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INFESTATION; IRELAND; MITE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SARCOPTES; SHEEP; SWITZERLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAMELS; CATTLE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FOXES; GREAT BRITAIN; IRELAND; MITE INFESTATIONS; MITES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RABBITS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SWITZERLAND; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ACARI; ARACHNIDA; CAMELIDAE; CANIDAE; CHORIOPTES; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OVIS ARIES; PSOROPTES; SARCOPTES; VULPES;

EID: 0032834913     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003118209900476X     Document Type: Article

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