Characterisation of Fasciola species from Mainland China by ITS-2 ribosomal DNA sequence

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 120, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 75-83

  Huang, W Y ^a   He, B ^a   Wang, C R ^b   Zhu, X Q ^c  

^a GUANGXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Heilongjiang Inst of Vet Science   (China)

^c SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fasciola spp.; PCR; PCR linked restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR RFLP); Ribosomal DNA; Second internal transcribed spacer (ITS 2)

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 2; NUCLEOTIDE; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; RIBOSOME DNA;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOLOGY; FASCIOLA; FRANCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOST; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SHEEP; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREMATODE;

FASCIOLA; FASCIOLA GIGANTICA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; HEPATICA; OVIS ARIES; PLATYHELMINTHES; TREMATODA;

EID: 1442301734     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2003.12.006     Document Type: Article

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