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Rapid Identification of Echinococcus granulosus and E. canadensis Using High-Resolution Melting (HRM) Analysis by Focusing on a Single Nucleotide Polymorphism.
Japanese journal of infectious diseases - 22 Jul 2016
Safa Ahmad Hosseini, Harandi Majid Fasihi, Tajaddini Mohammadhasan, Rostami-Nejad Mohammad, Mohtashami-Pour Mehdi, Pestehchian Nader
Abstract excerpt
High-resolution melting (HRM) is a reliable and sensitive scanning method to detect variation in DNA sequences. We used this method to better understand the epidemiology and transmission of Echinococcus granulosus. We tested the use of HRM to discriminate the genotypes of E. granulosus and E. canadensis. One hundred forty-one hydatid cysts were collected from slaughtered animals in different parts of Isfahan-Iran...
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