Babesia gibsoni genotype Asia in dogs from Brazil

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 141, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 177-180

  Trapp, Silvia M ^a   Messick, Joanne B ^b   Vidotto, Odilon ^c   Jojima, Flavio S ^c   de Morais, Helio S Autran ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NORTE DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Babesia gibsoni; Brazil; Dogs; South America

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA; RNA 18S;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA GIBSONI; BABESIOSIS; BASE PAIRING; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ERYTHROCYTE INCLUSION BODY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA GENE; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAZIL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

BABESIA; BABESIA GIBSONI; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 33748419258     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.04.036     Document Type: Article

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