Babesia conradae, sp. Nov., a small canine Babesia identified in California

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 138, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 103-111

  Kjemtrup, Anne M ^a,e   Wainwright, Katlyn ^b   Miller, Melissa ^c   Penzhorn, B L ^d   Carreno, Ramon A ^e  

^a Vector Borne Disease Section   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^e OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

18S rRNA; Babesia conradae; Babesia gibsoni; Babesiosis; Canine; ITS 2; Piroplasm

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA CONRADAE; BABESIA GIBSONI; BABESIOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE; MEROZOITE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PHYLOGENY; SPOROZOON; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UNITED STATES; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; CALIFORNIA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ERYTHROCYTES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S;

BABESIA; BABESIA GIBSONI; SPOROZOA;

EID: 33646371461     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.01.044     Document Type: Article

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