Genetic assemblage of Sarcocystis spp. in Malaysian snakes

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Lau, Yee Ling ^a   Chang, Phooi Yee ^a   Subramaniam, Vellayan ^b   Ng, Yit Han ^a   Mahmud, Rohela ^a   Ahmad, Arine Fadzlun ^a   Fong, Mun Yik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

18S rDNA; Definitive host; Phylogenetic analysis; Sarcocystis; Snake

Indexed keywords

DNA 18S; RNA 18S;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES ANALYSIS; MALAYSIA; MICROSCOPY; NAJA; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS; SNAKE; SPOROCYST;

PROTOZOA; PYTHON RETICULATUS; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTIS SINGAPORENSIS; SERPENTES;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; MALAYSIA; MICROSCOPY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SARCOCYSTIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SNAKES;

EID: 84883509869     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-6-257     Document Type: Article

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