Molecular detection of Babesia canis in Dermacentor reticulatus ticks collected in Slovakia

Biologia

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 231-233

  Duh, Darja ^a   Slovák, Mirko ^b   Saksida, Ana ^a   Strašek, Katja ^a   Petrovec, Miroslav ^a   Avšič Županc, Tatjana ^a  

^a Institute of Microbiology and Immunology   (Slovenia)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Babesia canis; Dermacentor reticulatus; Molecular analysis; Ticks

Indexed keywords

ACARI; BABESIA; BABESIA CANIS; BABESIA CANIS CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; COXIELLA BURNETII; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR RETICULATUS; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS;

EID: 33646337934     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: 13369563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11756-006-0035-7     Document Type: Article

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