Molecular study of Echinococcus in west-central China

Parasitology

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 547-555

  Yang, Y R ^a,b   Rosenzvit, M C ^c   Zhang, L H ^a   Zhang, J Z ^b   McManus, D P ^a  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b NINGXIA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Administracion Nacional de Laboratorios E Institutos de Salud Dr Carlos G Malbran   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Echinococcosis; Echinococcus granulosus; Echinococcus multilocularis; Mitochondrial atp6 sequence; West central China

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DNA MARKER; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SENSITIZATION; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; ENZYME SUBUNIT; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; GOAT; HOST; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SPECIES COMPARISON; VACCINATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; CHINA; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; GENOTYPE; GOATS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTON-TRANSLOCATING ATPASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHEEP; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; CAPRA HIRCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 31944448155     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182005007973     Document Type: Article

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