An 18S ribosomal DNA barcode for the study of Isomermis lairdi, a parasite of the blackfly Simulium damnosum s.l.

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 238-244

  Crainey, J L ^a   Wilson, M D ^b   Post, R J ^a,c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

18S rDNA; DNA barcoding; Isomermis lairdi; Onchocerciasis Mermithidae; Simulium damnosum

Indexed keywords

ANTIFILARIAL AGENT; ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; IVERMECTIN; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 18S;

CYTOGENETICS; DNA; FLY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; PHYLOGENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESISTANCE; FLY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETICS; GHANA; HUMAN; MERMITHOIDEA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIPARASITIC AGENTS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DRUG RESISTANCE; FILARICIDES; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GHANA; HUMANS; IVERMECTIN; MERMITHOIDEA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SIMULIIDAE;

DAMNOSUM COMPLEX; DIPTERA; FILARIOIDEA; GASTROMERMIS; ISOMERMIS; MERMITHIDA; MERMITHIDAE; NEMATODA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; SIMULIIDAE; SIMULIUM DAMNOSUM;

EID: 68949105593     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2009.00814.x     Document Type: Article

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