Genetic variability between Trichomonas vaginalis isolates and correlation with clinical presentation

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 53-58

  Rojas, Lazara ^a   Fraga, Jorge ^a   Sariego, Idalia ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL PEDRO KOURÍ   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Biological property; Clinical form; Genetic variability; Strain

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MEDICAL RECORD; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; VAGINITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; STATISTICS; TRICHOMONAS INFECTIONS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EID: 1542378934     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2003.12.003     Document Type: Article

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