Genetic classification of Echinococcus granulosus cysts from humans, cattle and camels in Libya using mutation scanning-based analysis of mitochondrial loci

Molecular and Cellular Probes

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 346-351

  Abushhewa, Mahmud H ^a,b   Abushhiwa, Mohamed H S ^a   Nolan, Matthew J ^a   Jex, Aaron R ^a   Campbell, Bronwyn E ^a   Jabbar, Abdul ^a   Gasser, Robin B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Biotechnology Research Centre   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

Author keywords

Cestode; Echinococcus granulosus; Epidemiology; Libya; Mitochondrial DNA; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE 1; GENOMIC DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE (UBIQUINONE); UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; CAMEL; CATTLE; ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS CANADENSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; LIVER HYDATID CYST; LUNG HYDATID CYST; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAMELS; CATTLE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; GENETIC LOCI; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LIBYA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BOS; CAMELIDAE; CESTODA; ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS;

EID: 78049286695     PISSN: 08908508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcp.2010.07.005     Document Type: Article

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