Identification of snails within the Bulinus africanus group from East Africa by multiplex SnaPshot™ analysis of single nucleotide polymorphisms within the cytochrome oxidase subunit I

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 97, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2002, Pages 31-36

  Stothard, J R ^a   Llewellyn Hughes, J ^a   Griffin, C E ^a   Hubbard, S J ^b   Kristensen, T K ^c   Rollinson, D ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bulinus; Cytochrome oxidase; Schistosoma haematobium; Schistosomiasis; Single nucleotide polymorphism

Indexed keywords

BULINUS; BULINUS AFRICANUS; BULINUS GLOBOSUS; BULINUS NASUTUS; GASTROPODA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM;

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BULINUS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BULINUS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0036364666     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762002000900008     Document Type: Article

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