Fay and Rausch 1969 revisited: Babesia microti in Alaskan small mammals

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 826-831

  Goethert, Heidi K ^a   Cook, Joseph A ^a,c,d   Lance, Ellen Weintraub ^a,b,c   Telford III, Sam R ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA MUSEUM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA 18S; RIBOSOME DNA;

DEFINITIVE HOST; DISPERSION; HEMOPARASITE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENT; TICK;

ARTICLE; ASIA; BABESIA MICROTI; CLADISTICS; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOLARCTIC; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VOLE; ZOONOSIS;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; BABESIA MICROTI; BABESIOSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; INSECTIVORA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; RODENT DISEASES; RODENTIA; SPLEEN;

NORTH AMERICA;

BABESIA MICROTI; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 33748942252     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-584R.1     Document Type: Article

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