Identification of Angiostrongylus cantonensis and other nematodes using the SSU rDNA in Achatina fulica populations of Metro Manila

Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 327-335

  Constantino Santos, D M A ^a   Basiao, Z U ^a   Wade, C M ^b   Santos, B S ^a   Fontanilla, I K C ^a  

^a University of the Philippines Diliman   (Philippines)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELMINTH DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 18S;

ANCYLOSTOMA; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GASTROPOD; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; PHILIPPINES; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

ANCYLOSTOMA; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMALS; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GASTROPODA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHILIPPINES; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84901669667     PISSN: 01275720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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