Genotyping of Entamoeba species in South Africa: Diversity, stability, and transmission patterns within families

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 187, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1860-1869

  Zaki, Mehreen ^a   Reddy, Selvan G ^b,d   Jackson, Terry F H G ^b   Ravdin, Jonathan I ^c   Clark, C Graham ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FAMILY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; SEROTYPE; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; DYSENTERY, AMEBIC; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBIASIS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0037563758     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/375349     Document Type: Article

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