Biometrical and genetical characterization of large Babesia Ovis in Iran

Parasitology Research

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 217-221

  Shayan, Parviz ^a   Hooshmand, Elham ^a   Nabian, Sedighe ^a   Rahbari, Sadegh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA;

ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA MOTASI; BABESIA OVIS; BIOMETRY; BLOOD SMEAR; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC TRAIT; IRAN; LAMB; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; IRAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

BABESIA; BABESIA MOTASI; BABESIA OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 43049140234     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-008-0960-1     Document Type: Article

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