In vitro cultivation of a newly recognized Babesia sp. in dogs in North Carolina

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 151, Issue 2-4, 2008, Pages 150-157

  Lehtinen, Lauren E ^a   Birkenheuer, Adam J ^b   Droleskey, Robert E ^c   Holman, Patricia J ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN PLAINS AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Babesia sp.; Canine babesiosis; HL 1 medium; Microaerophilous stationary phase culture; RPMI 1640; Small subunit ribosomal RNA gene; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PARASITOSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELLS, CULTURED; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; GENES, RRNA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NORTH CAROLINA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BABESIA; BABESIA SP.; BOVINAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 38049011867     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.10.022     Document Type: Article

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