Molecular Differentiation of Angiostrongylus costaricensis, A. cantonensis, and A. vasorum by Polymerase Chain Reaction-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1039-1043

  Caldeira, Roberta L ^a   Carvalho, Omar S ^a   Mendonça, Cristiane L F G ^a   Graeff Teixeira, Carlos ^b   Silva, Márcia C F ^b   Ben, Renata ^b   Maurer, Rafael ^b   Lima, Walter S ^c   Lenzi, Henrique L ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Angiostrongylus; Cytochrome oxidase I; Polymerase chain reaction; Restriction fragment length polymorphism; Second internal transcribed spacer

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HOST; LARVA; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; VERTEBRATE;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS COSTARICENSIS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS VASORUM; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1342290371     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762003000800011     Document Type: Article

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