Detection and molecular characterization of Babesia canis vogeli from naturally infected dogs and Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks in Tunisia

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 152, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 1-7

  M'ghirbi, Y ^a   Bouattour, A ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Babesia canis vogeli; Dogs; Rhipicephalus sanguineus; RLB; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA CANIS VOGELI; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DOG; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; TICK; TUNISIA;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TICK INFESTATIONS; TUNISIA;

BABESIA; BABESIA CANIS VOGELI; CANIS FAMILIARIS; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS;

EID: 38749106631     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.12.018     Document Type: Article

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