Pentatrichomonas hominis: prevalence and molecular characterization in humans, dogs, and monkeys in Northern China

Parasitology Research

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 569-574

  Li, Wen Chao ^a,b   Ying, Meng ^a   Gong, Peng Tao ^a   Li, Jian Hua ^a   Yang, Ju ^a   Li, He ^a   Zhang, Xi Chen ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ANHUI SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Dogs; Epidemiology; Humans; Monkeys; Pentatrichomonas hominis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; DOG; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HAPLORHINI; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; LARGE INTESTINE; MALE; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PENTATRICHOMONAS HOMINIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTIST; TRICHOMONADIDA; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; CAT; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG DISEASES; FECES; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MONKEY DISEASES; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS;

PROTOZOAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 18S;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CATS; CHILD; CHINA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FECES; HAPLORHINI; HUMANS; MALE; MONKEY DISEASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRICHOMONADIDA;

EID: 84955408570     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-015-4773-8     Document Type: Article

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