Infection with a Proposed New Subspecies of Babesia canis, Babesia canis subsp. presentii, in Domestic Cats

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 99-105

  Baneth, Gad ^a   Kenny, Martin J ^e   Tasker, Séverine ^e   Anug, Yigal ^b   Shkap, Varda ^c   Levy, Amos ^d   Shaw, Susan E ^e  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b Pathovet Vet Pathology Services   (Israel)

^c KIMRON VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^d Mevasseret Veterinary Clinic   (Israel)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 18S; RNA 5.8S;

ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA CANIS; BABESIOSIS; CAT DISEASE; LIFE CYCLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; SUBSPECIES;

ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENOTYPE; MALE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S;

ANIMALIA; BABESIA; BABESIA CANIS; CANDIDATUS MYCOPLASMA HAEMOMINUTUM; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIDAE; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; FELIS CATUS; ICTERUS; MYCOPLASMA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0346462978     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.1.99-105.2004     Document Type: Article

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