Molecular appraisal of Indian animal isolates of Echinococcus granulosus

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 383-387

  Bhattacharya, D ^a   Bera, A K ^a   Bera, B C ^a   Pan, D ^a   Das, S K ^a  

^a INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Buffalo; Cattle; Echinococcus granulosus; PCR RFLP; Sheep

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1;

ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BUFFALO; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INDIA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SHEEP; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BUFFALOES; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DNA, HELMINTH; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; INDIA; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 51349098278     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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