Echinococcus granulosus strain differentiation in Iran based on sequence heterogeneity in the mitochondrial 12S rRNA gene

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 343-347

  Rostami Nejad, M ^a   Nazemalhosseini Mojarad, E ^a   Nochi, Z ^a   Fasihi Harandi, M ^b   Cheraghipour, K ^c   Mowlavi, G R ^d   Zali, M R ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 12S;

ARTICLE; CATTLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; GOAT; IRAN; LIVER; LUNG; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHEEP; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRAIN G1; STRAIN G6; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; GENES, HELMINTH; GENOTYPE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; IRAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARASITOLOGY; RNA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

BOS; CAPRA HIRCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 54349099521     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022149X0804594X     Document Type: Article

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