Ascariasis is a zoonosis in Denmark

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1142-1148

  Nejsum, Peter ^a,b   Parker Jr , E Davis ^a   Frydenberg, Jane ^a   Roepstorff, Allan ^b   Boes, Jaap ^c   Haque, Rashidul ^e   Astrup, Ingrid ^d   Prag, Jørgen ^d   Skov Sørensen, Uffe B ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Danske Slagterier   (Denmark)

^d VIBORG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e ICDDRB Laboratory Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; RIBOSOME DNA;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DOMESTIC PIG; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; HUMAN; MALE; MANURE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENMARK; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SWINE; ZOONOSES;

ASCARIS; SUS SCROFA; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA;

EID: 14944376112     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.3.1142-1148.2005     Document Type: Article

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