Trichuris suis and Trichuris trichiura are different nematode species

Acta Tropica

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 299-307

  Cutillas, C ^a   Callejon R ^a   de Rojas, M ^a   Tewes, B ^b   Ubeda, J M ^a   Ariza, C ^a   Guevara, D C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b Dr Falk Pharma GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

DNA ribosomal; ITS1; ITS2; Molecular studies; PCR; Phylogeny; Trichuris suis; Trichuris trichiura

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

BIOMETRY; DNA; ENDOPARASITE; GENETIC VARIATION; MORPHOLOGY; NEMATODE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; DNA SEQUENCE; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PHYLOGENY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRICHURIS; TRICHURIS SUIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, INTERGENIC; FEMALE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5.8S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SUS SCROFA; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS;

COLOBUS GUEREZA; NOMASCUS GABRIELLAE; PAN; PRIMATES; SUS; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA; SUS SCROFA SCROFA; TRICHURIS; TRICHURIS SUIS; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA;

EID: 67650602071     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2009.05.011     Document Type: Article

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