Genetic diversity of human blastocystis isolates in Khorramabad, central Iran

Iranian Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 44-49

  Badparva, Ebrahim ^a   Sadraee, Javid ^a   Kheirandish, Farnaz ^b   Frouzandeh, Mehdi ^a  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b LORESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Blastocystis; Iran; PCR; Subtype

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYSTIS; BLASTOCYSTOSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IRAN; MIXED INFECTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE TAGGED SITE;

EID: 84896030563     PISSN: 17357020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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