Detection and identification of equine Theileria and Babesia species by reverse line blotting: Epidemiological survey and phylogenetic analysis

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 123, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 41-54

  Nagore, Daniel ^a   García Sanmartín, Josune ^a   García Pérez, Ana L ^a   Juste, Ramón A ^a   Hurtado, Ana ^a  

^a NEIKER and a Vaccine producing Commercial Company CZVSL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Babesia caballi; Equine piroplasmosis; PCR; RLB; Theileria equi; Tick borne diseases

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EXPOSURE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HORSE; HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE LINE BLOTTING; SAMPLE; SPECIES; THEILERIA; TICK;

ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPAIN; THEILERIA; THEILERIASIS; TICKS;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BABESIA; BABESIA CABALLI; EQUIDAE; THEILERIA;

EID: 3242734721     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2004.04.010     Document Type: Article

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