Inhibitory effect of pyrimidine and purine nucleotides on the multiplication of Babesia gibsoni: Possible cause of low parasitemia and simultaneous reticulocytosis in canine babesiosis

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 389-395

  Hossain, Mohammad Alamgir ^a   Yamato, Osamu ^a   Yamasaki, Masahiro ^a   Maede, Yoshimitsu ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Babesia gibsoni; Erythrocyte 5 nucleotidase; Purine nucleotide; Pyrimidine nucleotide; Reticulocyte

Indexed keywords

BABESIA; BABESIA GIBSONI; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

5' NUCLEOTIDASE; CYTIDINE PHOSPHATE; INOSINE PHOSPHATE; LEAD ACETATE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ERYTHROCYTE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; RETICULOCYTOSIS;

5'-NUCLEOTIDASE; ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; CYTIDINE MONOPHOSPHATE; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ERYTHROCYTES; INOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; RETICULOCYTOSIS;

EID: 2942739099     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.66.389     Document Type: Article

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