Theileria sp. infections associated with bovine fatalities in the United States confirmed by small-subunit rRNA gene analyses of blood and tick samples

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 3037-3040

  Chae, Joon Seok ^a,e   Levy, Michael ^b   Hunt Jr , John ^c   Schlater, Jack ^d   Snider, Glen ^c   Waghela, Suryakant D ^a   Holman, Patricia J ^a   Wagner, G Gale ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Division of Animal Health   (United States)

^d National Veterinary Services Laboratories   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; THEILERIA; TICK; UNITED STATES;

AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; THEILERIA;

EID: 0032799104     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.9.3037-3040.1999     Document Type: Article

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