The performance of a PCR assay for field studies on the prevalence of Fasciola hepatica infection in Galba truncatula intermediate host snails

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 168, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 25-30

  Kozak, Monika ^a   Wedrychowicz, Halina ^a  

^a W STEFA SKI INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Fasciola hepatica; Galba truncatula; PCR; Poland; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICROCOELIUM; DICROCOELIUM DENDRITICUM; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MIRACIDIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARAMPHISTOMUM CERVI; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE VECTOR; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SNAIL; TANDEM REPEAT; TREMATODE;

ANIMALS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SNAILS;

DICROCOELIUM DENDRITICUM; FASCIOLA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; GALBA TRUNCATULA; GASTROPODA; PARAMPHISTOMUM CERVI; TREMATODA;

EID: 75749108466     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.10.014     Document Type: Article

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