Isolation and characterization of the first polymorphic microsatellite markers for Schistosoma haematobium and their application in multiplex reactions of larval stages

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 647-649

  Golan, R ^a   Gower, C M ^a,b   Emery, A M ^b   Rollinson, D ^b   Webster, J P ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Microsatellites; Miracidia; Multiplex; Polymorphism; Schistosoma haematobium

Indexed keywords

SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TREMATODA;

EID: 43949096520     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2007.02031.x     Document Type: Article

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