A Ribeiroia spp. (Class: Trematoda) - Specific PCR-based diagnostic

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1234-1238

  Reinitz, David M ^a   Yoshino, Timothy P ^a   Cole, Rebecca A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; ELECTROKINESIS; FLATWORM; FROG; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SNAIL;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; CERCARIA; CLINOSTOMUM; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CYATHOCOTYLE BUSHIENSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA SEQUENCE; ECHINOSTOMA; FROG; FURCOCERCOUS CERCARIAE GLOBULUS; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PLANORBELLA TRIVOLVIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBEIROIA ONDATRAE; SCHISTOSOMA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SNAIL; TREMATODE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SNAILS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREMATODA;

NORTH AMERICA;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; CERCARIA (TREMATODE GENUS); CLINOSTOMUM; CYATHOCOTYLE BUSHIENSIS; ECHINOSTOMA; ECHINOSTOMA SP.; GASTROPODA; PLANORBELLA TRIVOLVIS; RIBEIROIA; RIBEIROIA ONDATRAE; SCHISTOSOMATIDAE; SPHAERIDIOTREMA GLOBULUS; TREMATODA;

EID: 36749026242     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-3584RN.1     Document Type: Article

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