The presence of Mycoplasma hominis in isolates of Trichomonas vaginalis impacts significantly on DNA fingerprinting results

Parasitology Research

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 613-619

  Xiao, J C ^a,b   Xie, L F ^a   Zhao, L ^a   Fang, S L ^a   Lun, Z R ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SYMBIOSIS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

ANIMALS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, PROTOZOAN; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; SYMBIOSIS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; PROTISTA; TRICHOMONADIDAE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EID: 39749179611     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-007-0796-0     Document Type: Article

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