First molecular detection of Babesia vogeli in dogs from Brazil

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 81-85

  Passos, Lygia Maria Friche ^a   Geiger, Stefan M ^b   Ribeiro, Múcio Flávio Barbosa ^a   Pfister, Kurt ^b   Zahler Rinder, Monika ^b,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

18S rDNA; Babesia canis; Babesia vogeli; Brazil; Dog; PCR

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA VOGELI; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SMEAR; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG DISEASE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOON; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES COMPARISON; TROPHOZOITE;

ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAZIL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BABESIA; BABESIA CANIS; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 11144337171     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2004.07.028     Document Type: Article

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