Phylogenetic relationships of human and wildlife piroplasm isolates in the western United States inferred from the 18S nuclear small subunit RNA gene

Parasitology

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 487-493

  Kjemtrup, A M ^a   Thomford, J ^b   Robinson, T ^a   Conrad, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MiraCosta College   (United States)

Author keywords

Babesia; Phylogeny; Piroplasm; Theileria

Indexed keywords

RNA 18S;

ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; COCCIDIA; DEER; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; THEILERIA; UNITED STATES; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; CALIFORNIA; DEER; DOGS; GENES, RRNA; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 0034095492     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003118209900582X     Document Type: Article

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