First report of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in the Giant African Land Snail Achatina fulica in French Polynesia detected using the SSU rRNA gene

Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 642-645

  Fontanilla, I K C ^a,b   Wade, C M ^b  

^a University of the Philippines Diliman   (Philippines)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELMINTH DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 18S;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GASTROPOD; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NOTE; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITOLOGY; POLYNESIA;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMALS; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GASTROPODA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARASITE LOAD; POLYNESIA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84869759257     PISSN: 01275720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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