Genetic diversity in Trichomonas vaginalis

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 444-448

  Meade, John C ^a   Carlton, Jane M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RNA 5.8S;

ANTIGEN BINDING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; ISOENZYME ANALYSIS; KARYOTYPE; MIXED INFECTION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS;

EPIDEMIOLOGY (MOLECULAR); MOLECULAR TYPING; TRICHOMONAS;

DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; TRICHOMONAS INFECTIONS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EID: 84884532335     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2013-051098     Document Type: Review

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