Recent insights into the epidemiology and genetics of Ascaris in China using molecular tools

Parasitology

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 325-330

  Peng, W ^a,b   Yuan, K ^b   Hu, M ^a   Gasser, R B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ascaris; China; Experimental infections; Genotypes; Mitochondrial haplotypes; Mutation scanning; Nuclear ribosomal DNA; Pigs; Single strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ASCARIS; CHINA; GENE FLOW; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MOUSE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES ENDEMICITY; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS; CHINA; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MICE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

ASCARIS; MUS; NEMATODA; SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 33846850311     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182006001521     Document Type: Short Survey

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