Short report: Histopathological, serological, and molecular confirmation of indigenous alveolar echinococcosis cases in Mongolia

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 266-269

  Ito, Akira ^a   Agvaandaram, Gurbadam ^b   Bat Ochir, Oyun Erdene ^c   Chuluunbaatar, Batsaikhan ^c   Gonchigsenghe, Nyamkhuu ^d   Yanagida, Tetsuya ^a   Sako, Yasuhito ^a   Myadagsuren, Narankhajid ^b   Dorjsuren, Temuulen ^b   Nakaya, Kazuhiro ^a   Nakao, Minoru ^a   Ishikawa, Yuji ^a   Davaajav, Abmed ^c   Dulmaa, Nyamkhuu ^c  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b MONGOLIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Mongolia)

^c Ministry of Health   (Mongolia)

^d State Central Clinical Hospital   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER HYDATID CYST; LIVER SURGERY; MALE; MONGOLIA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; ANIMAL; ECHINOCOCCUS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; ECHINOCOCCOSIS, HEPATIC; ECHINOCOCCUS; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; MONGOLIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77449110403     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0520     Document Type: Article

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