Identification of tissue-embedded ascarid larvae by ribosomal DNA sequencing

Parasitology Research

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 50-52

  Ishiwata, Kenji ^a,d   Shinohara, Akio ^a   Yagi, Kinpei ^b   Horii, Yoichiro ^c   Tsuchiya, Kimiyuki ^a,e   Nawa, Yukifumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^d JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASCARIDOIDEA; ASCARIS; ASCARIS SUUM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENBANK; GENE AMPLIFICATION; LARVA; LIVER; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARA CANIS; TURKEY (BIRD);

ANIMALS; ASCARIDIDA INFECTIONS; ASCARIDOIDEA; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; ASCARIS SUUM; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HUMANS; LARVA; LIVER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARA CANIS; TURKEYS;

ANIMALIA; ASCARIDOIDEA; ASCARIS; ASCARIS SUUM; AVES; CANIS; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; NEMATODA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARA CANIS;

EID: 0842308890     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-003-1010-7     Document Type: Article

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