Diversity of Hepatozoon species in naturally infected dogs in the southern United States

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 154, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 220-225

  Allen, Kelly E ^a   Li, Yihang ^b   Kaltenboeck, Bernhard ^b   Johnson, Eileen M ^a   Reichard, Mason V ^a   Panciera, Roger J ^a   Little, Susan E ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; Hepatazoon americanum; Hepatozoon canis; Hepatozoonosis

Indexed keywords

RNA 18S;

AMERICAN CANINE HEPATOZOONOSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENE SEQUENCE; HEPATOZOON; HEPATOZOON AMERICANUM; HEPATOZOON CANIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; PROTOZOON; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; UNITED STATES; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; COCCIDIA; COCCIDIOSIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; UNITED STATES;

APICOMPLEXA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; HEPATOZOON; HEPATOZOON AMERICANUM; HEPATOZOON CANIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 44349158883     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.03.027     Document Type: Article

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