Detecting number of clones, and their relative abundance, of a malaria parasite (Plasmodium mexicanum) infecting its vertebrate host

Parasitology Research

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 209-215

  Vardo Zalik, Anne M ^a   Ford, Alice Flynn ^b   Schall, Jos J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; GENOTYPE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LIZARD; MALARIA; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM MEXICANUM; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCELOPORUS OCCIDENTALIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATION;

ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENOTYPE; LIZARDS; MALARIA; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PLASMODIUM; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

PLASMODIUM MEXICANUM; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 67649600726     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-009-1385-1     Document Type: Article

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