Seroepidemiologic studies on Babesia caballi and Babesia equi infections in Japan

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 325-328

  Ikadai, Hiromi ^a,b   Nagai, Akiko ^a   Xuan, Xuenan ^a   Igarashi, Ikuo ^a   Kamio, Tsugihiko ^a,c   Tsuji, Naotoshi ^c   Oyamada, Takashi ^b   Suzuki, Naoyoshi ^a,b   Fujisaki, Kozo ^a  

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

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Babesia caballi; Babesia equi; ELISA; Japan; Western blot

Indexed keywords

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

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAPAN; PARASITOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; JAPAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0036549964     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.64.325     Document Type: Article

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