Detection of bovine babesiosis in Mozambique by a novel seminested hot-start PCR method

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 153, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 225-230

  Martins, Tiago M ^a,b   Pedro, Olívia C ^c   Caldeira, Rubina A ^a   do Rosário, Virgílio E ^b   Neves, Luís ^c   Domingos, Ana ^a,b  

^a INETI   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^c EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

Aspartic protease; B. bovis; Babesia bigemina; Hot start PCR

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; BABESIPSIN; DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA BIGEMIA; BABESIA BOVIS; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MOZAMBIQUE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMINESTED HOT-START POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; BABESIA; BABESIA BOVIS; BABESIOSIS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; MOZAMBIQUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BABESIA; BABESIA BIGEMINA; BABESIA BOVIS; BOS; BOVINAE; IXODIDA;

EID: 42449147829     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.01.037     Document Type: Article

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