PCR-based differentiation of Fasciola species (Trematoda: Fasciolidae), using primers based on RAPD-derived sequences

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 415-421

  McGarry, J W ^a   Ortiz, P L ^b   Hodgkinson, J E ^a   Goreish, I ^c   Williams, D J L ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CAJAMARCA   (Peru)

^c Central Veterinary Research Laboratory Sudan   (Sudan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FASCIOLA GIGANTICA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, HELMINTH; FASCIOLA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SHEEP; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BOS; FASCIOLA; FASCIOLA GIGANTICA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIDAE; OVIS ARIES; TREMATODA;

EID: 34748845699     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485907X176508     Document Type: Article

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