Differentiating Dracunculus medinensis from D. insignis, by the sequence analysis of the 18S rRNA gene

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 511-517

  Bimi, L ^a   Freeman, A R ^a   Eberhard, M L ^a   Ruiz Tiben, E ^b   Pieniazek, N J ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b CARTER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELMINTH DNA; RNA 18S;

ARTICLE; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; DRACUNCULIASIS; DRACUNCULUS; DRACUNCULUS MEDINENSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MICROBIAL GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PHYLOGENY; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DRACUNCULIASIS; DRACUNCULUS NEMATODE; GENES, HELMINTH; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, HELMINTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DRACUNCULUS INSIGNIS; DRACUNCULUS MEDINENSIS; NEMATODA; PROCYON;

EID: 22244459879     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485905X51355     Document Type: Article

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