Prevalence of Theileriosis in Red Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus caama) in Namibia

Parasitology Research

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 77-79

  Spitalska, Eva ^a,b   Riddell, Michael ^a   Heyne, Heloise ^c   Sparagano, Olivier A E ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (Slovakia)

^c ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; PCR; Red Hartebeest; Sequencing; Theileria sp.

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; NAMIBIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEILERIA; THEILERIA ANNULATA; THEILERIA BUFFELI; THEILERIA MUTANS; THEILERIA PARVA; THEILERIA TAUROTRAGI;

ANIMALS; ANTELOPES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NAMIBIA; PARASITEMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RHIPICEPHALUS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; THEILERIA; THEILERIASIS;

ACARI; ALCELAPHUS BUSELAPHUS; ALCELAPHUS BUSELAPHUS CAAMA; PIROPLASMIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS EVERTSI; THEILERIA; THEILERIA PARVA; THEILERIA SP.;

EID: 24044546771     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-005-1390-y     Document Type: Article

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