Genetic variability and haplotypes of Echinococcus isolates from Tunisia

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 108, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 706-714

  Boufana, Belgees ^a   Lahmar, Samia ^b   Rebaï, Waël ^c   Safta, Zoubeir Ben ^c   Jebabli, Leïla ^d   Ammar, Adel ^e   Kachti, Mahmoud ^f   Aouadi, Soufia ^g   Craig, Philip S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Ecole Nationale de Medecine Veterinaire   (Tunisia)

^c LA RABTA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^d Tunis Abattoir Health Hygiene and Environment Service Ministry of Interior   (Tunisia)

^e CRDA Tozeur   (Tunisia)

^f Ellouhoum Society 1009   (Tunisia)

^g Ministry of Interior   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Echinococcus equinus; Echinococcus granulosus (s.s.); Molecular epidemiology; Population structure; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; ELONGATION FACTOR 1ALPHA; GENOMIC DNA; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; ELONGATION FACTOR 1;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMEL; CATTLE; DOG; DONKEY; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS CANADENSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS EQUINUS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS SENSU LATO; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GOAT; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INTERMEDIATE HOST; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; JACKAL; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SHEEP; TUNISIA; WILD BOAR; ANIMAL; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; EQUIDAE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; PIG; VETERINARY; ZOONOSES;

ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS EQUINUS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAMELS; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; DOGS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; EQUIDAE; GENETIC VARIATION; GOATS; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR 1; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUS SCROFA; TUNISIA; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84906937570     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/tru138     Document Type: Article

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