Molecular characterization of Theileria species associated with mortality in four species of African antelopes

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 5907-5911

  Nijhof, A M ^a,b   Pillay, V ^b   Steyl, J ^b   Prozesky, L ^b   Stoltsz, W H ^b   Lawrence, J A ^b   Penzhorn, B L ^b   Jongejan, F ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANTELOPE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DNA ISOLATION; MOLECULAR HYBRIDIZATION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; THEILERIA; TICK BORNE DISEASE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTELOPES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; THEILERIA; THEILERIASIS;

ACARI; ANAVITRINELLA PAMPINARIA; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYTAUXZOON; HIPPOTRAGUS EQUINUS; HIPPOTRAGUS NIGER; SYLVICAPRA GRIMMIA; THEILERIA; TRAGELAPHUS STREPSICEROS;

EID: 30744458372     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.12.5907-5911.2005     Document Type: Article

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