Molecular characterization and differentiation of opisthorchiid trematodes of the species Opisthorchis felineus (Rivolta, 1884) and Metorchis bilis (Braun, 1790) using polymerase chain reaction

Parasitology Research

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 409-414

  Pauly, Andreas ^a,b   Schuster, Rolf ^a,c   Steuber, Stephan ^a,d  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Ctrl Veterinary Research Laboratory ^*  (Germany)

^c CENTRAL VETERINARY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United Arab Emirates)

^d Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL)   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; METORCHIS BILIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OPISTHORCHIS; OPISTHORCHIS FELINEUS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREMATODE;

ANIMALS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; OPISTHORCHIASIS; OPISTHORCHIDAE; OPISTHORCHIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREMATODE INFECTIONS;

ANIMALIA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; METORCHIS; OPISTHORCHIIDA; OPISTHORCHIS; OPISTHORCHIS FELINEUS; PARALICHTHYS DENTATUS; TREMATODA;

EID: 0042161914     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-003-0851-4     Document Type: Article

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