Molecular identification of Austrobilharzia species parasitizing Cerithidea cingulata (Gastropoda: Potamididae) from Kuwait Bay

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 470-478

  Al Kandari, W Y ^a   Al Bustan, S A ^a   Isaac, A M ^a   George, B A ^a   Chandy, B S ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

28S RIBOSOMAL DNA; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; DNA 18S; MITOCHONDRIAL CYTOCHROME OXIDASE 1; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; OXIDOREDUCTASE; RIBOSOME DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUSTROBILHARZIA TERRIGALENSIS; AUSTROBILHARZIA VARIGLANDIS; CERCARIA; CERITHIDEA CINGULATA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GASTROPOD; KUWAIT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; SCHISTOSOMA; TREMATODE;

ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; GASTROPODA; KUWAIT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 28S; SCHISTOSOMATIDAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

AUSTROBILHARZIA; AUSTROBILHARZIA TERRIGALENSIS; AUSTROBILHARZIA VARIGLANDIS; AVES; CERITHIDEA CINGULATA; DIGENEA (FLUKES); GASTROPODA; POTAMIDIDAE; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMATIDAE; TREMATODA;

EID: 84868674965     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: 14752697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022149X11000733     Document Type: Article

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