Echinococcus granulosus: Biological comparison of cattle isolates from endemic regions of Argentina and Spain

Revista Argentina de Microbiologia

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 218-225

  Andresiuk, M V ^a,b   Ponce Gordo, F ^c   Cuesta Bandera, C ^c   Elissondo, M C ^a,b   Dopchiz, M ^a,b   Denegri, G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Argentina; Echinococcus granulosus; Epidemiology; Genotypes; Morphology; Spain

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST (RESTING STAGE); DISEASE CONTROL; DOG; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; INTERMEDIATE HOST; LARVA; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; SHEEP; SPAIN;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DOGS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS, HEPATIC; ECHINOCOCCOSIS, PULMONARY; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; LARVA; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPAIN;

EID: 76749155445     PISSN: 03257541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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