Characterisation of Angiostrongylus cantonensis Isolates from China by Sequences of Internal Transcribed Spacers of Nuclear Ribosomal DNA

Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 593-596

  Liu, C Y ^a   Zhang, R L ^b   Chen, M X ^c   Li, J ^a   Ai, L ^a   Wu, C Y ^a   Zhu, X Q ^d   Lin, R Q ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHENZHEN CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Angiostrongylus cantonensis; China; Internal transcribed spacer (ITS); Polymerase chain reaction (PCR); Ribosomal DNA (rDNA); Sequence analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951507726     PISSN: 16805593     EISSN: 1993601X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/javaa.2011.593.596     Document Type: Article

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