Molecular epidemiology of Echinococcus granulosus strains in domestic herbivores of Lorestan, Iran

Jundishapur Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 123-130

  Parsa, Farzad ^a,b   Haghpanah, Behzad ^a   Pestechian, Nader ^a   Salehi, Mansor ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Echinococcus granulosus; Livestock; Molecular epidemiology

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DNA EXTRACTION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERBIVORE; IRAN; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 79551531708     PISSN: 20083645     EISSN: 20084161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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