Prevalence of Haplorchis taichui in field-collected snails: A molecular approach

Korean Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 343-346

  Chontananarth, Thapana ^a   Wongsawad, Chalobol ^a  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Haplorchis taichui; Pcr; Pleurolophocercous cercaria; Thailand; Thiarid snail

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; HELMINTH DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; CERCARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; HAPLORCHIS TAICHUI; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INTERMEDIATE HOST; INTESTINE PARASITE; MELANOIDES TUBERCULATA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SNAIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAREBIA GRANIFERA; THAILAND; THIARA SCABRA; TREMATODIASIS;

ANIMALS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, HELMINTH; HETEROPHYIDAE; MICROSCOPY; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SNAILS; THAILAND;

CERCARIA (TREMATODE GENUS); GASTROPODA; HAPLORCHIS TAICHUI; MELANOIDES TUBERCULATA; PLEUROLOPHOCERCOUS; PLEUROLOPHOCERCOUS CERCARIAE; TAREBIA GRANIFERA; THIARA; THIARIDAE; TREMATODA;

EID: 78650968170     PISSN: 00234001     EISSN: 17380006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3347/kjp.2010.48.4.343     Document Type: Article

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