Characterization of fasciola samples by ITS of rDNA sequences revealed the existence of fasciola hepatica and fasciola gigantica in yunnan province, China

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 889-890

  Shu, Fan Fan ^a   Lv, Rui Qing ^a   Zhang, Yi Fang ^a   Duan, Gang ^a   Wu, Ding Yu ^a   Li, Bi Feng ^a   Yang, Jian Fa ^a   Zou, Feng Cai ^a  

^a YUNNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 2; RIBOSOME DNA; HELMINTH DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RNA 5.8S;

CATTLE; DISEASE CONTROL; DNA; FLATWORM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; SAMPLING; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FASCIOLA GIGANTICA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BUFFALO; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; FASCIOLA; FASCIOLIASIS; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY;

CHINA; YUNNAN;

BOS; CAPRA HIRCUS; FASCIOLA; FASCIOLA GIGANTICA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIDAE; MAMMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMALS; BUFFALOES; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHINA; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FASCIOLA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; FEMALE; LIVER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5.8S;

EID: 84867474746     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: 19372345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-2974.1     Document Type: Article

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