Molecular detection of Babesia equi and Babesia caballi in horse blood by PCR amplification of part of the 16S rRNA gene

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 84, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 75-83

  Bashiruddin, J B ^a   Camma C ^b   Rebelo E ^c  

^a 338 Aberdeen Street ^*  (Australia)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELL ABRUZZO E DEL MOLISE G CAPORALE   (Italy)

^c Laboratorio Nacional de Investigacao Veterinaria   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Babesia caballi; Diagnosis Protozoa; Horse Babesia equi; PCR

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TEST; GENE SEQUENCE; HORSE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TESTS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; EHRLICHIA; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; PARASITEMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TICK-BORNE DISEASES;

ACARI; BABESIA CABALLI; BABESIA EQUI; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0033031861     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(99)00049-7     Document Type: Article

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