A molecular survey on cystic echinococcosis in Sinnar area, blue Nile state (Sudan)

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 124, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 2829-2833

  Ibrahim, Kamal ^a   Thomas, Romig ^b   Peter, Kern ^c   Omer, Rihab Ali ^d,e  

^a Sinnar Veterinary Research Laboratories   (Sudan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^d Central Veterinary Research Laboratory Sudan   (Sudan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blue Nile state; Cystic echinococcosis; Echinococcus; Prevalence; Sudan

Indexed keywords

DNA;

AGE; ARTICLE; CAMEL; CATTLE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS CANADENSIS; FERTILITY; FOOD INTAKE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; INFECTION RATE; LIVER HYDATID CYST; LIVESTOCK; LUNG HYDATID CYST; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHEEP; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SPECIES COMPARISON; SUDAN; ANIMAL; BOVINAE; CATTLE DISEASES; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; SHEEP DISEASES;

ANIMALS; CAMELS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; GEOGRAPHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SUDAN;

EID: 80052981969     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2011.18.006     Document Type: Article

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