Molecular and morphological characterization of Echinococcus in cervids from North America

Parasitology

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 439-447

  Thompson, R C A ^a   Boxell, A C ^a   Ralston, B J ^b   Constantine, C C ^c   Hobbs, R P ^a   Shury, T ^d   Olson, M E ^e  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

^c WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Cervids; Echinococcus; Echinococcus granulosus; G10; G8; ITS 1; Mitochondrial (COI, NDI and ATP6); Molecular characterization; Strains genotypes subspecies

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANADA; DEER; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; SUBSPECIES; WOLF;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; DEER; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, HELMINTH; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX I; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CERVIDAE; ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS;

EID: 33644865563     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182005009170     Document Type: Article

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