Semi-nested PCR detection of Babesia orientalis in its natural hosts Rhipicephalus haemaphysaloides and buffalo

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 143, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 260-266

  Liu, Q ^a   Zhou, Y Q ^a   Zhou, D N ^a   Liu, E Y ^a   Du, K ^a   Chen, S G ^a   Yao, B A ^a   Zhao, J L ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Babesia orientalis; Buffalo; Rhipicephalus haemaphysaloides; Semi nested PCR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA ORIENTALIS; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD SMEAR; BUFFALO; CHINA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIPICEPHALUS;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BUFFALOES; CHINA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENE AMPLIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIPICEPHALUS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; BABESIA; BABESIA ORIENTALIS; BUBALUS; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS HAEMAPHYSALOIDES;

EID: 33846219596     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.08.016     Document Type: Article

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