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Gruijter, J. M. de. (2005, June 1). The zoonotic potential of
Oesophagostomum bifurcum in Ghana. Epidemiological, morphological and genetic studies. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/1887/13898 Version: Corrected Publisher’s Version
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THE ZOONOTIC POTENTIAL OF OESOPHAGOSTOMUM BIFURCUM IN GHANA
THE ZOONOTIC POTENTIAL OF OESOPHAGOSTOMUM BIFURCUM IN GHANA
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL, MORPHOLOGICAL AND GENETIC STUDIES
PROEFSCHRIFT
ter verkrijging van
de graad van Doctor aan de Universiteit Leiden, op gezag van de Rector Magnificus Dr. D.D. Breimer,
hoogleraar in de faculteit der Wiskunde en Natuurwetenschappen en die der Geneeskunde, volgens besluit van het College voor Promoties
te verdedigen op woensdag 1 juni 2005 klokke 16.15 uur
door
Johanna Maria de Gruijter
Co-promotor: Dr. A.M. Polderman
Referent: Prof. Dr. J. Vercruysse
(Universiteit van Gent, België)
Overige leden: Prof. Dr. J. T. van Dissel
Prof. Dr. P. de Knijff Prof. Dr. R.B. Gasser
(Universiteit van Melbourne, Australië) Dr. M. Eysker
(Universiteit Utrecht)
Financial support:
Keep your eyes on the stars and your feet on the ground
Theodore Roosevelt
Chapter 1 General Introduction 9
Chapter 2 Observations on Oesophagostomum bifurcum in non-human 21 primates. A potential reservoir for human infections in Ghana
Chapter 3 Morphological variability within Oesophagostomum bifurcum 31 (Nematoda) among different primate species from Ghana
Chapter 4 Screening for haplotypic variability within Oesophagostomum 39
bifurcum (Nematoda) employing a single-strand conformation
polymorphism approach
Chapter 5 Genetic substructuring within Oesophagostomum bifurcum 49 (Nematoda) from human and non-human primates from Ghana
based on random amplification of polymorphic DNA analysis
Chapter 6 High resolution DNA fingerprinting by AFLP to study the genetic 61 variation among Oesophagostomum bifurcum (Nematoda) from
human and non-human primates from Ghana
Chapter 7 PCR-based differential diagnosis of Ancylostoma duodenale and 75
Necator americanus infections in humans in northern Ghana
