Trichomonas vaginalis: Random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis of isolates from symptomatic and asymptomatic women in India

Parasitology International

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 255-262

  Kaul, Praneet ^a   Gupta, Indu ^a   Sehgal, Rakesh ^a   Malla, Nancy ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Phylogeny; Random amplified polymorphic DNA; Trichomonas vaginalis; Trichomoniasis; Virulence

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SCREENING; SYMPTOM; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS;

ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; PHYLOGENY; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINITIS; VAGINA; VIRULENCE;

PROTOZOA; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EID: 2442615065     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2004.02.003     Document Type: Article

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