Flow cytometry to evaluate the level of Babesia gibsoni parasitemia in vivo and in vitro by using the fluorescent nucleic acid stain SYTO16

Japanese Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 129-136

  Yamasaki, Masahiro ^a   Hwang, Shiang Jyi ^a   Ohta, Hiroshi ^a   Yamato, Osamu ^b   Maede, Yoshimitsu ^a   Takiguchi, Mitsuyoshi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Babesia gibsoni; Flow cytometry; SYTO16

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FLUORESCENT DYE; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; CELL CULTURE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ERYTHROCYTE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ERYTHROCYTES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT DYES; PARASITEMIA;

BABESIA; BABESIA GIBSONI; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 41749104415     PISSN: 00471917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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