Human fascioliasis and the presence of hybrid/introgressed forms of Fasciola hepatica and Fasciola gigantica in Vietnam

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 725-730

  Le, Thanh Hoa ^a   De, Nguyen Van ^b   Agatsuma, Takeshi ^c   Thi Nguyen, Thanh Giang ^d   Nguyen, Quoc Doanh ^d   McManus, Donald P ^e   Blair, David ^f  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

^b HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^c KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VETERINARY RESEARCH   (Viet Nam)

^e QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^f JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fasciola gigantica; Fasciola hepatica; Hybridisation; Internal transcribed spacer region; Introgression; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 2;

CATTLE; FLATWORM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HYBRIDIZATION; INTROGRESSION; MITOCHONDRION; PARASITIC DISEASE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; FASCIOLA GIGANTICA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; HUMAN; INTROGRESSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIET NAM; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; BUFFALOES; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FASCIOLA; FASCIOLIASIS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIETNAM;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

BOS; FASCIOLA; FASCIOLA GIGANTICA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA;

EID: 41349108669     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2007.10.003     Document Type: Article

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