Limited intra-genetic diversity in Dientamoeba fragilis housekeeping genes

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 18, Issue , 2013, Pages 284-286

  Stensvold, Christen Rune ^a   Clark, C Graham ^b   Röser, Dennis ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN GENE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENTAMOEBA; ELONGATION FACTOR 1 ALPHA GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACTIN; DIENTAMOEBA; ELONGATION FACTOR; GENETIC DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIENTAMOEBA; DIENTAMOEBIASIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY;

DIENTAMOEBA FRAGILIS;

EID: 84879825021     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2013.05.003     Document Type: Article

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