Genetic characterization and phylogenetic position of Echinococcus felidis Ortlepp, 1937 (Cestoda: Taeniidae) from the African lion

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 861-868

  Hüttner, Marion ^a,b   Nakao, Minoru ^b   Wassermann, Torsten ^a   Siefert, Ludwig ^c   Boomker, Joop D F ^d   Dinkel, Anke ^a   Sako, Yasuhito ^b   Mackenstedt, Ute ^a   Romig, Thomas ^a   Ito, Akira ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Echinococcus felidis; Panthera leo; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIVERGENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FELID; FLATWORM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SUBSPECIES;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS FELIDIS; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LION; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; FECES; FEMALE; GENES, HELMINTH; LIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVUM; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; UGANDA;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CESTODA; ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ECHINOCOCCUS ORTLEPPI; MAMMALIA; PANTHERA LEO; TAENIIDAE;

EID: 41949139394     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2007.10.013     Document Type: Article

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