Description of Babesia duncani n.sp. (Apicomplexa: Babesiidae) from humans and its differentiation from other piroplasms

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 779-789

  Conrad, Patricia A ^a   Kjemtrup, Anne M ^b   Carreno, Ramon A ^c   Thomford, John ^d   Wainwright, Katlyn ^a   Eberhard, Mark ^e   Quick, Rob ^e   Telford III, Sam R ^f   Herwaldt, Barbara L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b California Department   (United States)

^c OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MiraCosta College   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^f TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

18S rRNA; Babesia; Babesiosis; ITS2; Theileria; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

GENOTYPE; HEMOPARASITE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MORPHOLOGY; PROTOZOAN; RNA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA DUNCANI; BABESIA MICROTI; COCCIDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; MEROZOITE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PHYLOGENY; RNA SEQUENCE; SCHIZONT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THEILERIA; TROPHOZOITE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

APICOMPLEXA; BABESIA; BABESIA DUNCANI; BABESIA MICROTI; BABESIIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; LYCHNIS CHALCEDONICA; THEILERIA;

EID: 33744975016     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2006.03.008     Document Type: Article

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