'Babesia gibsoni' of dogs from North America and Asia belong to different species

Parasitology

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 365-369

  Zahler, M ^a,f   Rinder, H ^a   Zweygarth, E ^b   Fukata, T ^c   Maede, Y ^d   Schein, E ^e   Gothe, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^c Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f Institute for Comparative Tropical Medicine and Parasitology   (Germany)

Author keywords

18S rDNA; Babesia gibsoni; Dog; Genetic species differentation; New canine species; Theileria

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ASIA; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BABESIA EQUI; BABESIA GIBSONI; BABESIA ODOCOILEI; CANIS FAMILIARIS; PROTOZOA; THEILERIA;

EID: 0034032241     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182099005557     Document Type: Article

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