Application of a species-specific PCR-RFLP to identify Ancylostoma eggs directly from canine faeces

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 123, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 245-255

  Traub, Rebecca J ^a   Robertson, Ian D ^a   Irwin, Peter ^a   Mencke, Norbert ^b   Thompson, R C Andrew ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ancylostoma spp; Dog; Hookworm; India; PCR

Indexed keywords

ANCYLOSTOMA; ANCYLOSTOMA BRAZILIENSE; ANCYLOSTOMA CANINUM; ANCYLOSTOMA CEYLANICUM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FECES ANALYSIS; HOOKWORM INFECTION; INDIA; LARVA MIGRANS; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TEA; ANCYLOSTOMIASIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOG DISEASE; FECES; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ZOONOSIS;

ANCYLOSTOMA; ANCYLOSTOMA CANINUM; ANCYLOSTOMA CEYLANICUM; ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

HELMINTH DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RNA 5.8S;

ANCYLOSTOMA; ANCYLOSTOMIASIS; ANIMALS; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FECES; INDIA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREVALENCE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5.8S; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; ZOONOSES;

EID: 5444259915     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2004.05.026     Document Type: Article

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