Genetic polymorphisms of Echinococcus tapeworms in China as determined by mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 379-385

  Nakao, Minoru ^a   Li, Tiaoying ^a,b   Han, Xiumin ^a,c   Ma, Xiumin ^a,d   Xiao, Ning ^a,b   Qiu, Jiamin ^b   Wang, Hu ^c   Yanagida, Tetsuya ^a   Mamuti, Wulamu ^a,d   Wen, Hao ^d   Moro, Pedro L ^e   Giraudoux, Patrick ^f   Craig, Philip S ^g   Ito, Akira ^a  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b SICHUAN CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c Qinghai Institute for Endemic Disease Prevention and Control   (China)

^d XINJIANG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^f université Bourgogne Franche Comté   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Echinococcus; Genetic diversity; Mitochondrial DNA; Population genetic structure

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE 1; ELONGATION FACTOR 1ALPHA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

FLATWORM; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HYBRIDIZATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POLYMORPHISM;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; ECHINOCOCCUS SHIQUICUS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HAPLOTYPE; HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; HAPLOTYPES; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR 1; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; XINJIANG UYGUR;

CESTODA; ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; ECHINOCOCCUS SHIQUICUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 77649338054     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2009.09.006     Document Type: Article

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