Foreword: Towards markers for anthelmintic resistance in helminths of importance in animal and human health

Parasitology

Volumn 134, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1073-1076

  Prichard, R K ^a   Von Samson Himmelstjerna, G ^b   Blackhall, W J ^b   Geary, T G ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anthelmintic resistance; Benzimidazoles; Levamisole; Macrocyclic lactones; Nematodes; SNP markers

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENETIC MARKER; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; HELMINTH; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DRUG RESISTANCE; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHS; HUMANS;

ANIMALIA; NEMATODA; VERMES;

EID: 34347371043     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182007000078     Document Type: Conference Paper

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