Molecular identification of unilocular hydatid cysts from domestic ungulates in Ethiopia: Implications for human infections

Parasitology International

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 375-377

  Hailemariam, Zerihun ^a   Nakao, Minoru ^b   Menkir, Sissay ^a   Lavikainen, Antti ^c   Yanagida, Tetsuya ^b   Okamoto, Munehiro ^d   Ito, Akira ^b  

^a HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Echinococcus canadensis; Echinococcus granulosus; Ethiopia; Mitochondrial haplotypes; Molecular epidemiology

Indexed keywords

CYCLOOXYGENASE 1;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAMEL; DNA SEQUENCE; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS CANADENSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS EQUINUS; ECHINOCOCCUS FELIDIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ECHINOCOCCUS ORTLEPPI; ETHIOPIA; HAPLOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAMELS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ETHIOPIA; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

BOS; CAMELIDAE; ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; OVIS ARIES; UNGULATA;

EID: 84857800701     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: 18730329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2012.01.007     Document Type: Article

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