A quantitative PCR assay for the detection and quantification of Babesia bovis and B. bigemina

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 147, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 16-25

  Buling, A ^a   Criado Fornelio, A ^a   Asenzo, G ^b   Benitez, D ^b   Barba Carretero, J C ^c   Florin Christensen, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^c Dr Barba Veterinary Diagnosis Laboratory   (Spain)

Author keywords

Babesia bigemina; Babesia bovis; Cytochrome b; Molecular diagnosis; Quantitative PCR; Small ribosomal subunit

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BABESIA BOVIS; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD PARASITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HORSE; MELTING POINT; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPAIN;

ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIA BOVIS; BABESIOSIS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CYTOCHROMES B; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BABESIA BIGEMINA; BABESIA BOVIS; BOS; EQUIDAE;

EID: 34248641113     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.03.031     Document Type: Article

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