Molecular characterization of Echinococcus isolates of cervid origin from Finland and Sweden

Parasitology

Volumn 133, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 565-570

  Lavikainen, A ^a   Lehtinen, M J ^a   Laaksonen, S ^b   Agren E ^c   Oksanen, A ^b   Meri, S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATL VET AND FOOD RES INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Echinococcus granulosus; Finland; G10; Phylogeny; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CATTLE; CLASSIFICATION; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; FINLAND; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HORSE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MONOPHYLY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; DEER; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; FINLAND; GENES, HELMINTH; HELMINTH PROTEINS; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWEDEN;

BOS TAURUS; CERVIDAE; ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS EQUINUS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ECHINOCOCCUS ORTLEPPI; EQUUS CABALLUS; OVIS ARIES; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33750314923     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182006000667     Document Type: Article

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