Mitochondrial genome of Angiostrongylus vasorum: Comparison with congeners and implications for studying the population genetics and epidemiology of this parasite

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1884-1891

  Gasser, Robin B ^a   Jabbar, Abdul ^a   Mohandas, Namitha ^a   Schnyder, Manuela ^b   Deplazes, Peter ^b   Littlewood, D Timothy J ^c   Jex, Aaron R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

454 Technology; Angiostrongylus vasorum; Canine angiostrongylosis; Long PCR; Mitochondrial genome

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GENOMIC DNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS VASORUM; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CODON USAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANIMALS; CODON; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOME, HELMINTH; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; HELMINTH PROTEINS; MALE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS VASORUM; CANIDAE; NEMATODA; SECERNENTEA; STRONGYLIDA;

EID: 84868122848     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2012.07.022     Document Type: Article

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