Molecular epidemiology of ascariasis: A global perspective on the transmission dynamics of ascaris in people and pigs

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 210, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 932-941

  Betson, Martha ^a,d   Nejsum, Peter ^b   Bendall, Richard P ^c   Deb, Rinki M ^d   Stothard, J Russell ^d  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c ROYAL CORNWALL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ascaris; Barcode; Giant roundworm; Microsatellite; Neglected tropical disease; Population genetics; Soil transmitted helminth; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

CYCLOOXYGENASE 1;

ADULT; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COX1 GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEGREGATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ASCARIS; BARCODE; GIANT ROUNDWORM; MICROSATELLITE; NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASE; POPULATION GENETICS; SOIL-TRANSMITTED HELMINTH; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; DNA, HELMINTH; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84907319856     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiu193     Document Type: Conference Paper

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