Detection and molecular characterization of Babesia caballi and Theileria equi isolates from endemic areas of Brazil

Parasitology Research

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-68

  Heim, Alexandra ^a   Passos, Lygia M F ^a,b   Ribeiro, Múcio F B ^b   Costa Jr , Lívio M ^b,c   Bastos, Camila V ^b   Cabral, Dagmar D ^d   Hirzmann, Jörg ^a   Pfister, Kurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MARANHÃO   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BABESIA CABALLI; BLOOD PARASITE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD SMEAR; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FETUS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GIEMSA STAIN; HEMATOCRIT; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; THEILERIA; THEILERIA EQUI;

ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; PREVALENCE; THEILERIA; THEILERIASIS;

BABESIA CABALLI; EQUIDAE; THEILERIA EQUI;

EID: 35448974145     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-007-0726-1     Document Type: Article

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