PCR-based detection of Babesia bovis and Babesia bigemina in their natural host Boophilus microplus and cattle

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 105-111

  Oliveira Sequeira, T C G ^a   Oliveira, M C S ^b   Araujo Jr , J P ^a   Amarante, A F T ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Babesia bigemina; Babesia bovis; Boophilus microplus; Brazil; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; DETECTION METHOD; PARASITE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TICK;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA BIGEMINA; BABESIA BOVIS; BABESIOSIS; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DNA EXTRACTION; INFECTION; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TICK; AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BRAZIL; CATTLE DISEASE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; INFESTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BABESIA; BABESIA BIGEMINA; BABESIA BOVIS; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; BOS TAURUS;

PROTOZOAL DNA;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIA BOVIS; BABESIOSIS; BRAZIL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; PARASITEMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS;

EID: 21644463117     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2004.09.002     Document Type: Article

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