Echinococcus granulosus genotypes in livestock of Iran indicating high frequency of G1 genotype in camels

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 373-379

  Sharbatkhori, Mitra ^a,b   Mirhendi, Hossein ^a   Harandi, Majid Fasihi ^c   Rezaeian, Mostafa ^a   Mohebali, Mehdi ^a   Eshraghian, Mohammadreza ^a   Rahimi, Hamidreza ^d   Kia, Eshrat Beigom ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b GOLESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Echinococcus granulosus; Genotype identification; Iran; PCR RFLP; RAPD PCR; RsaI

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAMEL; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; GOAT; LIVER; LIVESTOCK; LUNG; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; CAMELS; CATTLE; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, INTERGENIC; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; GENOTYPE; GOATS; HUMANS; IRAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SHEEP;

BOS; CAMELIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAPRA HIRCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 76849116763     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2009.11.020     Document Type: Article

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