Article
Genetic characterization of the Asian Taenia, a newly described taeniid cestode of humans.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene - 1 Jan 1994
Bowles J, McManus D P
Abstract excerpt
Recent studies on the epidemiologic pattern of taeniasis in Southeast Asia have indicated the existence of a third form of human Taenia, distinguishable from Taenia saginata and T. solium. Originally termed Taiwan Taenia, and first described in Taiwanese aboriginals, this newly recognized taeniid...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Asia
- Base Sequence
- DNA Primers
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- DNA, Ribosomal
- Electron Transport Complex IV
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Mitochondria
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
- RNA, Ribosomal, 28S
- Sequence Alignment
- Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
- Taenia
