Molecular characterization of Echinococcus granulosus in sheep and goats of Peloponnesus, Greece

Parasitology Research

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1135-1139

  Varcasia, A ^a   Canu, S ^a   Kogkos, A ^a   Pipia, A P ^a   Scala, A ^a   Garippa, G ^a   Seimenis, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DNA EXTRACTION; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ENZYME SUBUNIT; FERTILITY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; GOAT; GREECE; LIVER; LIVER HYDATID CYST; LUNG; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; DNA, HELMINTH; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; GREECE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; OVIS ARIES; SUIDAE;

EID: 34547779547     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-007-0568-x     Document Type: Article

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