PCR detection and molecular characterization of Pentatrichomonas hominis from feces of dogs with diarrhea in the Republic of Korea

Korean Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-13

  Kim, Yun Ah ^a   Kim, Hye Youn ^a   Cho, Shin Hyeong ^a   Cheun, Hyeong Il ^a   Yu, Jae Ran ^a   Lee, Sang Eun ^a  

^a Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   (South Korea)

Author keywords

18S rRNA; Dog; Pentatrichomonas hominis; Phylogenetic analysis

Indexed keywords

RNA 18S;

ARTICLE; CLADISTICS; DIARRHEA; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; PROTOZOON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRICHOMONAS HOMINIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FECES; FEMALE; GENES, RRNA; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRICHOMONADIDA;

BOS TAURUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; MAMMALIA; PENTATRICHOMONAS HOMINIS; PRIMATES; PROTOZOA;

EID: 77949771204     PISSN: 00234001     EISSN: 17380006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3347/kjp.2010.48.1.9     Document Type: Article

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