Molecular identification of oesophagostomum and trichuris eggs isolated from wild Japanese macaques

Korean Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 253-257

  Arizono, Naoki ^a,b   Yamada, Minoru ^a   Tegoshi, Tatsuya ^a   Onishi, Kotaro ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Kyoto Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environment   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japanese macaque; Oesophagostomum aculeatum; Strongyloides fuelleborni; Trichuris trichiura; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES ANALYSIS; INFECTION RISK; JAPAN; MACACA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM ACULEATUM; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRONGYLOIDES; STRONGYLOIDES FULLEBORNI; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA;

ANIMALS; DNA; FECES; JAPAN; MACACA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OESOPHAGOSTOMIASIS; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM; PRIMATE DISEASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STRONGYLOIDES; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS;

EID: 84865374243     PISSN: 00234001     EISSN: 17380006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3347/kjp.2012.50.3.253     Document Type: Article

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