Development of molecular tools to explore genetic diversity in Echinococcus multilocularis

Helminthologia

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 117-121

  Bart, J M ^a   Breyer, I ^b   Gottstein, B ^b   Romig, T ^c   Piarroux, R ^a  

^a University of Franche Comté   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

E. multilocularis; Molecular epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANDIDA; CANIDAE; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; SCHISTOSOMA;

EID: 0042068266     PISSN: 04406605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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