Coming out of the Shell: Building the Molecular Infrastructure for Research on Parasite-Harbouring Snails

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Cantacessi, Cinzia ^a   Prasopdee, Sattrachai ^a,b   Sotillo, Javier ^a   Mulvenna, Jason ^a   Tesana, Smarn ^b   Loukas, Alex ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANIMAL SHELL; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BIOINFORMATICS; BITHYNIA; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OPISTHORCHIS VIVERRINI; ORTHOLOGY; PLATYHELMINTH; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SNAIL;

ANIMALS; DISEASE VECTORS; HUMANS; PARASITIC DISEASES; SNAILS;

EID: 84884682895     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002284     Document Type: Article

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