A PCR system for detection of species and genotypes of the Echinococcus granulosus-complex, with reference to the epidemiological situation in eastern Africa

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 645-653

  Dinkel, Anke ^a   Njoroge, Ernest M ^b   Zimmermann, Anja ^a   Wälz, Marcus ^a   Zeyhle, Eberhard ^b   Elmahdi, Ibrahim E ^c   MacKenstedt, Ute ^a   Romig, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b AMREF HEALTH AFRICA   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEZIRA   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Africa; Diagnostics; Echinococcus; Epidemiology; Genotypes; PCR

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE; RIBOSOME RNA;

DETECTION METHOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; HEALTH MONITORING; PARASITE INFESTATION;

ACCURACY; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CESTODE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA PROBE; ECHINOCOCCUS EQUINUS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; ECHINOCOCCUS ORTLEPPI; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAMELS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HUMANS; KENYA; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUDAN; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

AFRICA;

BOS TAURUS; CAMELIDAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; CESTODA; ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; OVIS ARIES; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 1842558644     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2003.12.013     Document Type: Article

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