Long term monitoring of Babesia microti infection in BALB/c mice using nested PCR

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 287-290

  Welc Falȩciak, Renata ^a   Bajer, Anna ^a   Bednarska, Małgorzata ^a   Paziewska, Anna ^a   Siński, Edward ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Babesia microti; BALB c mice; Infection; PCR

Indexed keywords

RNA 18S;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BABESIA MICROTI; BABESIOSIS; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD SMEAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; GIEMSA STAIN; MONITORING; MOUSE; NESTED POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PERSISTENT INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLEEN;

ANIMALS; BABESIA MICROTI; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; IXODES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SPLEEN; TIME FACTORS;

BABESIA MICROTI; IXODIDA; MUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 39649116239     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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