Transovarial transmission efficiency of Babesia bovis tick stages acquired by Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus during acute infection

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 426-431

  Howell, Jeanne M ^a   Ueti, Massaro W ^a   Palmer, Guy H ^a   Scoles, Glen A ^b   Knowles, Donald P ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BABESIA BOVIS; BABESIOSIS; BOOPHILUS; CATTLE DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; FEEDING; FEMALE; HEMOLYMPH; INFECTION RATE; LARVA; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITEMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS MICROPLUS; SPOROZOITE; TICK;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; BABESIA BOVIS; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEMOLYMPH; LARVA; OVARY; PARASITEMIA; RHIPICEPHALUS;

BABESIA BOVIS; BOOPHILUS; BOOPHILUS BOVIS; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; BOS; BOVINAE; IXODIDA; PROTOZOA; RHIPICEPHALUS;

EID: 33847035873     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01757-06     Document Type: Article

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