There are at least three genetically distinct small piroplasms from dogs

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 30, Issue 14, 2000, Pages 1501-1505

  Kjemtrup, A M ^a   Kocan, A A ^b   Whitworth, L ^b   Meinkoth, J ^b   Birkenheuer, A J ^c   Cummings, J ^d   Boudreaux, M K ^e   Stockham, S L ^f   Irizarry Rovira, A ^g   Conrad, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PSC 79 Box 21095 ^*  (Japan)

^e AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^g PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

18S rRNA phylogeny; Anaemia; Babesia canis; Babesia gibsoni; Piroplasms; Protozoa; Tick vector; Tick transmitted

Indexed keywords

RNA 18S;

ARTICLE; BABESIA; COCCIDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; SPAIN; THEILERIA; TICK; UNITED STATES;

ALABAMA; ANIMALS; BABESIA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DOGS; INDIANA; JAPAN; MISSOURI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NORTH CAROLINA; OKLAHOMA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; THEILERIA;

ACARI; BABESIA; BABESIA CANIS; BABESIA GIBSONI; BABESIA MICROTI; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CYTAUXZOON; PROTOZOA; THEILERIA;

EID: 0033679837     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(00)00120-X     Document Type: Article

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