Genetic variants of Echinococcus granulosus in Slovakia recorded by random amplification of polymorphic DNA

Helminthologia

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 179-183

  Turcekova L' ^a   Snabel V ^a   Dubinsky P ^a  

^a PARASITOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Echinococcus granulosus; Protoscoleces; RAPD PCR; Strain

Indexed keywords

EID: 2742534431     PISSN: 04406605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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