Identity of the causal agents of human babesiosis in Europe

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 296, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 131-136

  Gray, Jeremy S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

18s rRNA gene analysis; Babesia divergens; Babesia microti

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

BABESIA DIVERGENS; BABESIA MICROTI; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD SMEAR; CATTLE DISEASE; CLADISTICS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EUROPE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INCIDENCE; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITEMIA; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; TICK BORNE DISEASE; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 33646527346     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2006.01.029     Document Type: Short Survey

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