Genotyping natural infections of Schistosoma mansoni in biomphalaria alexandrina from Damietta, Egypt, with comparisons to natural snail infections from Kenya

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 156-159

  Lotfy, Wael M ^a   Hanelt, Ben ^a,b   Mkoji, Gerald M ^a,c   Loker, Eric S ^a,b  

^a ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SNAIL;

ARTICLE; BIOMPHALARIA; BIOMPHALARIA ALEXANDRINA; BIOMPHALARIA PFEIFFERI; BIOMPHALARIA SUDANICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGYPT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; KENYA; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; ALLELE; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EGYPT; KENYA; NILE DELTA;

BIOMPHALARIA ALEXANDRINA; BIOMPHALARIA PFEIFFERI; BIOMPHALARIA SUDANICA; GASTROPODA; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

HELMINTH DNA;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BIOMPHALARIA; DNA, HELMINTH; EGYPT; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; KENYA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 79953830911     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: 19372345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-2537.1     Document Type: Article

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