Zoonotic onchocerciasis in Hiroshima, Japan, and molecular analysis of a paraffin section of the agent for a reliable identification

Parasite

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 185-188

  Fukuda, M ^a,b   Otsuka, Y ^b   Uni, S ^c   Boda, T ^d   Daisaku, H ^d   Hasegawa, H ^b   Takaoka, H ^b,e   Bain, O ^f  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^f MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Japan; Mitochondrial DNA analysis; Onchocerca dewittei japonica; Zoonotic onchocerciasis

Indexed keywords

BOS; JAPONICA; ONCHOCERCA; SUS SCROFA;

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; HELMINTH DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAPAN; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; ZOONOSIS;

AGED; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; ZOONOSES;

EID: 80052059449     PISSN: 1252607X     EISSN: 17761042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/parasite/2011182185     Document Type: Article

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