Apparent dominance of the G1-G3 genetic cluster of Echinococcus granulosus strains in the central inland region of Portugal

Parasitology International

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 638-642

  Beato, Sílvia ^a,b   Parreira, Ricardo ^a   Calado, Manuela ^a   Grácio, Maria Amélia A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE CASTELO BRANCO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Echinococcus granulosus; G1 G3 genotypes; Hydatic cyst; Mitochondrial DNA; Portugal

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CATTLE; DISEASE CONTROL; DNA EXTRACTION; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC STRAIN; GENOTYPE; LIVER; LUNG; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHEEP; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; GENOTYPE; LIVER; LUNG; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PORTUGAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

BOS; CESTODA; ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 77958458382     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2010.08.004     Document Type: Article

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