Haemoparasites of common shrews (Sorex araneus) in Northwest England

Parasitology

Volumn 134, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 819-826

  Bray, D P ^a,b   Bown, K J ^a   Stockley, P ^a   Hurst, J L ^a   Bennett, M ^a   Birtles, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Bartonella; Common shrew; Sorex araneus; Trypanosomes

Indexed keywords

DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA; BLOOD PARASITE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTION RATE; MALE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHREW; TRYPANOSOMA; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMALS; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SHREWS; TRYPANOSOMA;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA SP.; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; RODENTIA; SOREX ARANEUS; SORICIDAE; TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 34248397118     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182007002302     Document Type: Article

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