Cystic echinococcosis in Turkey: Genetic variability and first record of the pig strain (G7) in the country

Parasitology Research

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 145-154

  Snabel V ^a   Altintas, N ^b,g   D'Amelio, S ^c   Nakao, M ^d   Romig, T ^e   Yolasigmaz, A ^b   Gunes, K ^b   Turk, M ^f   Busi, M ^c   Huttner M ^e   Sevcova D ^a   Ito, A ^d   Dubinsky P ^a  

^a PARASITOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^f ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^g CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOOXYGENASE 1;

ARTICLE; ATP6 GENE; DNA SEQUENCE; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS CANADENSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; GENE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NAD1 GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RRNS GENE; SHEEP; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TURKEY;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAPRA HIRCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; OVIS ARIES; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 67649598388     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-009-1376-2     Document Type: Article

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