Molecular identification of the Indian liver fluke, Fasciola (Trematoda: Fasciolidae) based on the ribosomal internal transcribed spacer regions

Parasitology Research

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1247-1255

  Prasad, P K ^a   Tandon, V ^a   Biswal, D K ^a   Goswami, L M ^a   Chatterjee, A ^a  

^a NORTH EASTERN HILL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; RIBOSOME DNA;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; CHINA; EGYPT; FASCIOLA GIGANTICA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; INDIA; INDONESIA; JAPAN; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TREMATODE; TROPICS; ZAMBIA;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FASCIOLA; FASCIOLIASIS; INDIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

DIGENEA (FLUKES); FASCIOLA; FASCIOLA GIGANTICA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLA SP.; FASCIOLIDAE; MAMMALIA; PLATYHELMINTHES; TREMATODA;

EID: 53149133877     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-008-1121-2     Document Type: Article

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