Genotyping natural infections of Schistosoma mansoni in Biomphalaria alexandrina from Damietta, Egypt, with comparisons to natural snail infections from Kenya.

Lotfy, Wael M; Hanelt, Ben; Mkoji, Gerald M; Loker, Eric S

Lotfy, Wael M; Hanelt, Ben; Mkoji, Gerald M; Loker, Eric S.

Affiliation

Lotfy WM; a Parasitology Department, Medical Research Institute, Alexandria University, 165 EI-Horreya Avenue, Alexandria, Egypt, PO Box 21561.

J Parasitol ; 97(1): 156-9, 2011 Feb.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21348627

Subject(s)

Biomphalaria/parasitology; Schistosoma mansoni/classification; Alleles; Animals; Biomphalaria/classification; DNA, Helminth/analysis; Egypt; Genetic Variation; Genotype; Kenya; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Schistosoma mansoni/genetics

Fulltext

XML

PubMed Links

Search on Google

Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Health context: 3_ND Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Schistosoma mansoni / Biomphalaria Type of study: Risk_factors_studies Limits: Animals Country/Region as subject: Africa Language: En Journal: J Parasitol Year: 2011 Document type: Article

Fulltext

XML

PubMed Links

Search on Google