The "expanding universe" of piroplasms

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 337-345

  Criado Fornelio, A ^a   Gonzalez Del Rio M A ^a   Buling Sarana A ^b   Barba Carretero, J C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b Dr Barba Veterinary Diagnosis Laboratory   (Spain)

Author keywords

Babesia sp.; Cytauxzoon sp.; PCR; Piroplasm; Ribosomal small subunit

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BABESIA EQUI; CAT; COCCIDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTAUXZOON FELIS; DATA ANALYSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

BABESIA CABALLI; BABESIA EQUI; BABESIA SP.; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CYTAUXZOON; CYTAUXZOON FELIS; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 1242343803     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2003.11.015     Document Type: Article

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