Development of Taqman-based real-time PCR assays for diagnostic detection of Babesia bovis and Babesia bigemina

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 837-841

  Kim, Chulmin ^a   Iseki, Hiroshi ^a   Herbas, Maria Shirley ^a   Yokoyama, Naoaki ^a   Suzuki, Hiroshi ^a   Xuan, Xuenan ^a   Fujisaki, Kozo ^a   Igarashi, Ikuo ^a  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA BIGEMINA; BABESIA BOVIS; BABESIOSIS; BRAZIL; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA SEQUENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CATTLE DISEASE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

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

TAQ POLYMERASE;

ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TAQ POLYMERASE;

EID: 42949139528     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2007.77.837     Document Type: Article

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