A preliminary investigation of microsatellite-based genotyping in Trichomonas vaginalis

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 105, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 479-481

  Prokopi, Marianna ^a,b   Chatzitheodorou, Theodoros ^a,c   Ackers, John P ^a   Clark, C Graham ^a  

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

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Diversity; Microsatellite; Trichomonas vaginalis

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ARTICLE; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE VIABILITY; TANDEM REPEAT; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; VIRUS STRAIN;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRICHOMONAS INFECTIONS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EID: 79960309088     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2011.05.005     Document Type: Article

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