The prevalence of Angiostrongylus cantonensis/mackerrasae complex in molluscs from the Sydney region

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Chan, Douglas ^a,b   Barratt, Joel ^b   Roberts, Tamalee ^a   Lee, Rogan ^c   Shea, Michael ^d   Marriott, Deborah ^a   Harkness, John ^a   Malik, Richard ^e   Jones, Malcolm ^f   Aghazadeh, Mahdis ^f   Ellis, John ^b   Stark, Damien ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS MACKERRASAE COMPLEX; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSAY; AUSTRALIA; AUSTROPEPLEA LESSONI; BRADYBAENIA SIMILARIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNU ASPERSUM; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HABITAT; INTERMEDIATE HOST; MECHANICAL PROBE; METASTRONGYLOIDEA; MICROFILARIA (NEMATODE LARVA); MOLLUSC; MUCUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SNAIL; URBAN AREA; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; STRONGYLE INFECTION; TRANSMISSION;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMALIA; AUSTROPEPLEA LESSONI; CANIS FAMILIARIS; GASTROPODA; METASTRONGYLOIDEA; MOLLUSCA; NEMATODA; RATTUS;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SNAILS; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

EID: 84930635940     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0128128     Document Type: Article

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