Molecular detection and characterization of piroplasms infecting cervids and chamois in Northern Spain

Parasitology

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 391-398

  Garcia Sanmartin J ^a   Aurtenetxe, O ^a   Barral, M ^a   Marco, I ^b   Lavin, S ^b   Garcia Perez A L ^a   Hurtado, A ^a  

^a NEIKER and a Vaccine producing Commercial Company CZVSL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Babesia divergens; Chamois; Deer; PCR; Piroplasmosis; Reverse line blot hybridization; Theileria spp.; Tick borne diseases; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BABESIA DIVERGENS; COCCIDIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED DEER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPAIN; THEILERIA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; DEER; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; RUPICAPRA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPAIN; THEILERIA; THEILERIASIS;

ANIMALIA; BABESIA DIVERGENS; CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; IXODIDA; OVIS ARIES; RUPICAPRA RUPICAPRA; THEILERIA; THEILERIA CAPREOLI; THEILERIA OVIS; THEILERIA SP.; THEILERIA SP. 3185/02;

EID: 33846781467     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182006001569     Document Type: Article

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