Genetic diversity of Blastocystis isolated from cattle in Khorramabad, Iran

Jundishapur Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

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

^a LORESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Blastocystis; Cattle; Iran; Polymerase chain reaction; Subtype

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYSTIS; BLASTOCYSTOSIS; BOVINAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DNA EXTRACTION; FECES CULTURE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; INFECTION RISK; IRAN; MIXED INFECTION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE TAGGED SITE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALIA; BLASTOCYSTIS; BOS; PROTOZOA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84927537670     PISSN: 20083645     EISSN: 20084161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/jjm.14810     Document Type: Article

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