Comparative infectivity of Babesia divergens and a zoonotic Babesia divergens-like parasite in cattle

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 865-870

  Holman, Patricia J ^b   Spencer, Angela M ^b   Telford III, Sam R ^c   Goethert, Heidi K ^c   Allen, Andrew J ^a   Knowles, Donald P ^d   Goff, Will L ^a,d  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BABESIA DIVERGENS; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD SMEAR; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; GIEMSA STAIN; HOST RANGE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABBIT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; UNITED STATES; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALIA; BABESIA; BABESIA DIVERGENS; BABESIA SP.; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SYLVILAGUS FLORIDANUS;

EID: 28044457459     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2005.73.865     Document Type: Article

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