Morphology and genetics of a babesia isolate from Capreolus capreolus

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 168-171

  Cancrini, Gabriella ^a   Gabrielli, S ^a   Lori, A ^a   Grifoni, G ^b   Calderini, P ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE REGIONI LAZIO E TOSCANA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Babesia capreoli; Babesia divergens; Capreolus capreolus; Italy; Molecular diagnostics; Morphology; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

BABESIA; BABESIA CAPREOLI; BABESIA DIVERGENS; BOVINAE; CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; RANGIFER TARANDUS;

PROTOZOAL RNA; RNA 18S;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; DEER; DISEASE CARRIER; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; DEER; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ITALY; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; TICK-BORNE DISEASES;

EID: 42449154635     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-44.1.168     Document Type: Article

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