Pig Ascaris: An important source of human ascariasis in China

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1172-1177

  Zhou, Chunhua ^a   Li, Min ^b   Yuan, Keng ^a   Deng, Shoulong ^a   Peng, Weidong ^a  

^a NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANCHANG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Ascaris; China; Control program; Cross infection; Hybridization; Microsatellites

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS; CHINA; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CROSS HYBRIDIZATION; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES ENDEMICITY; SWINE; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS; CHINA; HUMANS; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; ZOONOSES;

ASCARIS; SUIDAE;

EID: 84861958982     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2012.04.016     Document Type: Article

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