Discovery of opisthorchis lobatus (Trematoda: Opisthorchiidae): A new record of small liver flukes in the greater mekong sub-region

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1152-1158

  Thaenkham, Urusa ^a   Nuamtanong, Supaporn ^a   Vonghachack, Youthanavanh ^a,b   Yoonuan, Tippayarat ^a   Sanguankiat, Surapol ^a   Dekumyoy, Paron ^a   Prommasack, Bounlay ^a,c   Kobayashi, Jun ^a,d   Waikagul, Jitra ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Laos)

^c Ministry of Health   (Laos)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; GENOMIC DNA; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 2;

CYTOCHROME; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLATWORM; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NEW RECORD; PARASITE INFESTATION; PERCIFORM; POULTRY;

ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPISTHORCHIS LOBATUS; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; TREMATODE;

ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRICETINAE; CYPRINIDAE; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, INTERGENIC; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; FECES; FISH DISEASES; FRESH WATER; LAOS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLES; OPISTHORCHIASIS; OPISTHORCHIS; PERCIFORMES;

LAOS; MEKONG DELTA; VIENTIANE; VIET NAM;

ANAS SP.; CHANNA; CRICETINAE; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; OPISTHORCHIIDA; OPISTHORCHIIDAE; OPISTHORCHIS; OPISTHORCHIS VIVERRINI; TREMATODA;

EID: 84855393898     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: 19372345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-2764.1     Document Type: Article

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