Identities of two Paragonimus species from Sri Lanka inferred from molecular sequences

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 239-245

  Iwagami, M ^a   Rajapakse, R P V J ^b   Paranagama, W ^b   Agatsuma, T ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; REPETITIVE DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; CERCARIA; CRAB; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARAGONIMUS; PARAGONIMUS SIAMENSIS; PARAGONIMUS WESTERMANI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRACHYURA; DNA, HELMINTH; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARAGONIMIASIS; PARAGONIMUS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; PARAGONIMUS; PARAGONIMUS SIAMENSIS; PARAGONIMUS WESTERMANI; TREMATODA;

EID: 0042027830     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/JOH2003180     Document Type: Article

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