Towards a taxonomic revision of the genus Echinococcus

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 452-457

  Thompson, R C Andrew ^a   McManus, Donald P ^b  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; CAMELS; CATTLE; DEER; DNA, HELMINTH; DOGS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; HORSES; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SHEEP; SWINE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ECHINOCOCCUS;

EID: 0036791935     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-4922(02)02358-9     Document Type: Review

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