First molecular identification of the zoonotic parasite Anisakis pegreffii (Nematoda: Anisakidae) in a paraffin-embedded granuloma taken from a case of human intestinal anisakiasis in Italy

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Mattiucci, Simonetta ^a   Paoletti, Michela ^a,b   Borrini, Francesco ^c   Palumbo, Massimo ^c   Palmieri, Raffaele M ^c   Gomes, Vincenzo ^c   Casati, Alessandra ^c   Nascetti, Giuseppe ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^c BELCOLLE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PARAFFIN; HELMINTH DNA;

ANCHOVY; ANISAKIASIS; ANISAKIS PEGREFFII; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DNA PURIFICATION; FISH; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE INFECTION; ITALY; LARVAL STAGE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NEMATODE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TISSUE FIXATION; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; ANISAKIS; GENETICS; INTESTINE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANISAKIASIS; ANISAKIS; DNA, HELMINTH; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; INTESTINES; ITALY; MALE; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 79953204998     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-11-82     Document Type: Article

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