Population dynamics of Theileria sergenti in persistently infected cattle and vector ticks analysed by a polymerase chain reaction

Parasitology

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 437-442

  Kubota, S ^a   Sugimoto, C ^a   Onuma, M ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

antigenic diversity; apicomplexa; PCR; piroplasma; Theileria sergenti; tick

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEILERIA; TICK;

THEILERIA SERGENTI;

EID: 0030015241     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0031182000076897     Document Type: Article

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