Specific PCR-based assays for the identification of Fasciola species: Their development, evaluation and potential usefulness in prevalence surveys

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-72

  Ai, L ^a   Dong, S J ^b   Zhang, W Y ^c   Elsheikha, H M ^d   Mahmmod, Y S ^a,e   Lin, R Q ^a   Yuan, Z G ^a   Shi, Y L ^c   Huang, W Y ^c   Zhu, X Q ^a,f  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF EDIBLE FUNGI   (China)

^c GUANGXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e Zagazig University   (Egypt)

^f INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; RIBOSOME DNA;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; FASCIOLA GIGANTICA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHINA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FASCIOLA; FASCIOLIASIS; FECES; FRANCE; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; NIGER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RUMINANTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SNAILS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

FASCIOLA; FASCIOLA GIGANTICA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; GASTROPODA; MAMMALIA; VERMES;

EID: 77949442003     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: 13648594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485910X12607012373713     Document Type: Article

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