A molecular epidemiological investigation of Ascaris on Unguja, Zanzibar using isoenyzme analysis, DNA barcoding and microsatellite DNA profiling

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 105, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 370-379

  Betson, Martha ^a,e   Halstead, Fenella D ^a,b   Nejsum, Peter ^c   Imison, Emma ^a,b,e   Khamis, I Simba ^d   Sousa Figueiredo, Jose C ^a,b   Rollinson, David ^a   Stothard, J Russell ^a,e  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d Ministry of Health Zanzibar   (Tanzania)

^e LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ascaris; Cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1; Evolution; Isoenzyme; Microsatellite; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

ISOENZYME; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; ASCARIS; DNA BARCODING; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; ISOENZYME ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TANZANIA;

ANIMALS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS; DNA BARCODING, TAXONOMIC; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; RURAL HEALTH; SWINE; TANZANIA; UGANDA;

ANIMALIA; ASCARIS; SUIDAE;

EID: 79958734045     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2011.04.009     Document Type: Article

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