Molecular epidemiology of Entamoeba spp.: Evidence of a bottleneck (demographic sweep) and transcontinental spread of diploid parasites

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 3815-3821

  Ghosh, S ^a   Frisardi, M ^a   Ramirez Avila, L ^a   Descoteaux, S ^a   Sturm Ramirez, K ^a   Newton Sanchez, O A ^a   Santos Preciado, J I ^a   Ganguly, C ^a   Lohia, A ^a   Reed, S ^a   Samuelson, J ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITINASE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ALLELE; AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; COLITIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIPLOIDY; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; INDIA; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; PLOIDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHOZOITE;

ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0033770748     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.10.3815-3821.2000     Document Type: Article

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