Development of a Polymerase Chain Reaction Method for Diagnosing Babesia gibsoni Infection in Dogs

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 977-981

  Fukumoto, Shinya ^a   Xuan, Xuenan ^a   Shigeno, Shinya ^b   Kimbita, Elikira ^a   Igarashi, Ikuo ^a   Nagasawa, Hideyuki ^a   Fujisaki, Kozo ^a   Mikami, Takeshi ^a  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Leo Animal Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Babesia canis; Babesia gibsoni; IFAT; P18 gene; PCR

Indexed keywords

BABESIA CANIS; BABESIA GIBSONI; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EVALUATION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARASITEMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0035459760     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.63.977     Document Type: Article

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