Detection of enzootic babesiosis in baboons (Papio cynocephalus) and phylogenetic evidence supporting synonymy of the genera Entopolypoides and Babesia

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1548-1553

  Bronsdon, Melinda A ^a,e   Homer, Mary J ^b   Magera, Jennifer M H ^b   Harrison, Carol ^b   Andrews, Robert G ^a,c   Bielitzki, Joseph T ^a,f   Emerson, Carol L ^a,g   Persing, David H ^b   Fritsche, Thomas R ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^f NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BABESIA MICROTI; BABESIOSIS; BABOON; BLOOD SMEAR; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTOPOLYPOIDES MACACI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALIA; BABESIA; BABESIA MICROTI; BABESIA SP.; PAPIO; PAPIO CYNOCEPHALUS; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; PRIMATES; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032923915     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.5.1548-1553.1999     Document Type: Article

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