Babesia bicornis sp. nov. and Theileria bicornis sp. nov.: Tick-borne parasites associated with mortality in the black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 2249-2254

  Nijhof, Ard M ^a,b   Penzhorn, Banie L ^b   Lynen, Godelieve ^b,c   Mollel, Johnson O ^c   Morkel, Pete ^d   Bekker, Cornelis P J ^a   Jongejan, Frans ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c Ministry of Water and Livestock Development   (Tanzania)

^d Frankfurt Zoological Society Arusha   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA BICORNIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TANZANIA; THEILERIA; THEILERIA BICORNIS; TICK BORNE DISEASE; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PERISSODACTYLA; PHYLOGENY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; SOUTH AFRICA; TANZANIA; THEILERIA; THEILERIASIS;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BABESIA; BABESIA BICORNIS; DICEROS BICORNIS; PROTOZOA; RHINOCEROS; RHINOCEROTIDAE; THEILERIA; THEILERIA BICORNIS;

EID: 0038289011     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.5.2249-2254.2003     Document Type: Article

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