Babesia bovis: Adhesion of parasitized red blood cells to bovine umbilical vein endothelial cells in vitro does not select for virulence

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 103, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 182-184

  Molloy, John B ^a   Bowles, Pamela M ^a   Jorgensen, Wayne K ^a   Cooke, Brian M ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BABESIA BOVIS; BABESIOSIS; CELL ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; MICROBIAL ADHESION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PARASITEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPARISON; UMBILICAL VEIN;

ANIMALIA; BABESIA; BABESIA BOVIS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0042671398     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-4894(03)00095-X     Document Type: Article

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