The PCR-based detection of Babesia gibsoni infection in dogs (German shepherds) reared in South Korea

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 149-153

  Song, K H ^a   Kim, D H ^a   Hayasaki, M ^b  

^a Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA GIBSONI; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD SMEAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; DOG; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INFECTION RATE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH KOREA; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; TECHNIQUE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; GENES, PROTOZOAN; KOREA; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; BABESIA; BABESIA GIBSONI; CANIS FAMILIARIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 1642400289     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/000349804225003226     Document Type: Article

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