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A molecular epidemiological investigation of Ascaris on Unguja, Zanzibar using isoenyzme analysis, DNA barcoding and microsatellite DNA profiling.
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - 1 Jul 2011
Betson Martha, Halstead Fenella D, Nejsum Peter, Imison Emma, Khamis I Simba, Sousa-Figueiredo Jose C, Rollinson David, Stothard J Russell
Abstract excerpt
Ascariasis is of public health importance on the islands of Zanzibar (Unguja and Pemba). To shed light on the molecular epidemiology of this parasite, 68 Ascaris worms, obtained from 14 individuals in four Ungujan villages, were examined by isoenzyme analysis (ISA), DNA barcoding and microsatellite DNA profiling. ISA revealed genetic variation, which was confirmed by DNA barcoding. Nineteen worms recovered from...
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