At least two genetically distinct large Babesia species infective to sheep and goats in China

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 147, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 246-251

  Liu, A H ^a   Yin, H ^a   Guan, G Q ^a   Schnittger, L ^b   Liu, Z J ^a   Ma, M L ^a   Dang, Z S ^a   Liu, J L ^a   Ren, Q Y ^a   Bai, Q ^a   Ahmed, J S ^b   Luo, J X ^a  

^a Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute   (China)

^b RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

18S rRNA gene; Babesia sp.; China; Distinct genomy; Ovine

Indexed keywords

RNA 18S;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA CRASSA; BABESIA MOTASI; BABESIA OVIS; BABESIOSIS; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATALITY; GENBANK; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GOAT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; RNA SEQUENCE; SHEEP; THEILERIA;

ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; CHINA; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BABESIA; BABESIA CRASSA; BABESIA MOTASI; BABESIA OVIS; BABESIA SP.; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; THEILERIA;

EID: 34250314979     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.03.032     Document Type: Article

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