Open AccessUse of Internal Transcribed Spacer Sequence Polymorphisms as a Method for Trichomonas vaginalis Genotyping
Author(s) -
Hatice Ertabaklar,
Sema Ertuğ,
Serçin Özlem Çalışkan,
Erdoğan Malatyalı,
Bülent Bozdoğan
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
türkiye parazitoloji dergisi/türkiye parazitoloji dergisi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.207
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 2146-3077
pISSN - 1300-6320
DOI - 10.5152/tpd.2018.5503
Subject(s) - genbank , biology , internal transcribed spacer , genotyping , trichomonas vaginalis , genetics , amplicon , polymerase chain reaction , dna sequencing , typing , trichomonas , sequence analysis , genotype , virology , gene , ribosomal rna
Trichomonas vaginalis is the most common non-viral, sexually transmitted pathogen with a worldwide distribution. The aim of the present study was to design a new genotyping tool for T. vaginalis isolates using internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences.