Article
Indication of the presence of two distinct strains of Echinococcus granulosus in Iran by mitochondrial DNA markers.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene - 1 Jul 1998
Zhang L, Eslami A, Hosseini S H, McManus D P
Abstract excerpt
Sixteen isolates of Echinococcus granulosus, collected from Iranian patients at surgery, and from domestic animals, including sheep, goats, cattle, and camels at slaughterhouses in Tehran and central and southern Iran were analyzed for DNA nucleotide and predicted amino acid sequence variation wi...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Camelus
- Cattle
- DNA, Helminth
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Echinococcus
- Electron Transport Complex IV
- Genetic Markers
- Genotype
- Goats
- Humans
- Iran
- Molecular Sequence Data
- NADH Dehydrogenase
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length