Molecular characterization of human Fasciola samples in Gilan province, Northern Iran on the basis of DNA sequences of ribosomal and mitochondrial DNA genes

Comparative Clinical Pathology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 889-894

  Sharifiyazdi, Hassan ^a   Moazeni, Mohammad ^a   Rabbani, Farbod ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Fasciola species; Genotype; Gilan province; Human; Iran; Phenotype

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867067424     PISSN: 16185641     EISSN: 1618565X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00580-011-1193-8     Document Type: Article

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