Babesia canis vogeli: A novel PCR for its detection in dogs in Australia

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 63-65

  Martin, Anthony R ^a   Dunstan, Richard H ^a   Roberts, Timothy K ^a   Brown, Graeme K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Babesia canis; BLAST, basic local alignment search tool; bp, base pair; DNA, deoxyribonucleic acid; PCR, polymerase chain reaction; Protozoan

Indexed keywords

OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BABESIA; BABESIA CANIS VOGELI; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; COHORT STUDIES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BABESIA; BABESIA CANIS; BABESIA CANIS VOGELI; CANIS FAMILIARIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 29144454232     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2005.09.001     Document Type: Article

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