Sensitive and species-specific detection of Clonorchis sinensis by PCR in infected snails and fishes

Parasitology Research

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 911-914

  Müller, Boris ^a   Schmidt, Jürgen ^a   Mehlhorn, Heinz ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLONORCHIS SINENSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA DETERMINATION; FISH; INTERMEDIATE HOST; METACERCARIA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALS; CLONORCHIS SINENSIS; FISHES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SNAILS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CLONORCHIS SINENSIS; GASTROPODA; PISCES;

EID: 33846580528     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-006-0322-9     Document Type: Article

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