Epidemiological survey of Babesia species in Japan performed with specimens from ticks collected from dogs and detection of new Babesia DNA closely related to Babesia odocoilei and Babesia divergens DNA

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 3494-3498

  Inokuma, Hisashi ^a   Yoshizaki, Yukako ^a   Shimada, Yojiro ^b   Sakata, Yoshimi ^c   Okuda, Masaru ^a   Onishi, Takafumi ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ZENYAKU KOGYO CO LTD   (Japan)

^c BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA DIVERGENS; BABESIA ODOCOILEI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOG; IXODES; IXODES OVATUS; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; TICK;

ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; JAPAN; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S;

ACARI; BABESIA; BABESIA CANIS VOGELI; BABESIA DIVERGENS; BABESIA GIBSONI; BABESIA ODOCOILEI; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; IXODES; IXODES OVATUS; OVATUS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0043025418     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.8.3494-3498.2003     Document Type: Article

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