Several strains of Echinococcus granulosus infect livestock and humans in Argentina

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 129-136

  Kamenetzky, Laura ^a   Gutierrez, Ariana M ^a   Canova, Sergio G ^a   Haag, Karen L ^b   Guarnera, Eduardo A ^a   Parra, Alberto ^c   García, Gustavo E ^d   Rosenzvit, Mara C ^a,e  

^a Instituto Nacional de Microbiologia Dr Carlos GMalbran   (Argentina)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c Hospital Elías Médici SI PRO SA   (Argentina)

^d Servicio De Cirugía del Hospital Provincial Neuquén   (Argentina)

^e QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Echinococcus granulosus; Genetic variation; Hydatid disease

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; REPETITIVE DNA;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CAMEL; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; FERTILITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); GOAT; HOST; HUMAN; HYDATID CYST; LIVESTOCK; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; DNA FLANKING REGION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ECHINOCOCCUS; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY;

BOS TAURUS; CAMELIDAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; OVIS ARIES;

5' FLANKING REGION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; HUMANS; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

EID: 0036889104     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1567-1348(02)00131-4     Document Type: Article

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