A survey of Echinococcus species in wild carnivores and livestock in East Africa

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1269-1276

  Hüttner, Marion ^a   Siefert, Ludwig ^b   Mackenstedt, Ute ^a   Romig, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Africa; Echinococcus; Epidemiology; RFLP PCR; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

COB PROTEIN; MICROORGANISM PROTEIN; NAD1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HELMINTH DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

CARNIVORE; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FECES; LIVESTOCK;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS FELIDIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; FECES ANALYSIS; FELIDAE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HYENA; INTERMEDIATE HOST; LION; LIVESTOCK; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE INCIDENCE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; UGANDA; WARTHOG; WILD ANIMAL; ANIMAL; BOVINAE; CARNIVORA; CATTLE DISEASES; CLASSIFICATION; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FECES; GENETICS; GOAT; GOAT DISEASES; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KENYA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TAENIA; TAENIASIS; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BASE SEQUENCE; CARNIVORA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DOGS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; FECES; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HUMANS; HYAENIDAE; KENYA; LIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARASITE EGG COUNT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TAENIA; TAENIASIS; UGANDA;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; QUEEN ELIZABETH NATIONAL PARK; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

BOS; CAPRA HIRCUS; CROCUTA CROCUTA; ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; OVIS ARIES; PHACOCHOERUS; TAENIA; TAENIIDAE;

EID: 67650407461     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2009.02.015     Document Type: Article

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