Molecular identification of Echinococcus isolates from Peru

Parasitology International

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 184-186

  Moro, Pedro L ^a   Nakao, Minoru ^b   Ito, Akira ^b   Schantz, Peter M ^c   Cavero, Carlos ^d   Cabrera, Lilia ^e  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^b ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d Hospital Nacional Hipólito Unanue   (Peru)

^e ASOCIACIÓN BENÉFICA PRISMA   (Peru)

Author keywords

Cox1; Echinococcus; Ef1a; Genetic variation; Haplotypes; Peru

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; ELONGATION FACTOR 1ALPHA; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; ELONGATION FACTOR 1;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; GOAT; HUMAN; LARVA; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PERU; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SHEEP; ANIMAL; BOVINE; CLASSIFICATION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; PIG; VETERINARY; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CATTLE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GOATS; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR 1; PERU; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHEEP; SWINE; ZOONOSES;

BOS; CAPRA HIRCUS; CESTODA; ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; OVIS ARIES; SUIDAE;

EID: 64849086502     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2009.01.005     Document Type: Article

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