Short report: Detection of new Babesia microti-like parasites in a rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta) with a suppressed Plasmodium cynomolgi infection

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 643-645

  Voorberg v d Wel, Annemarie ^a   Kocken, Clemens H M ^a   Zeeman, Anne Marie ^a   Thomas, Alan W ^a  

^a BIOMEDICAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; CHLOROQUINE; METHANOL; SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BABESIA MICROTI; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD SMEAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GIEMSA STAIN; INOCULATION; MALARIA; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITEMIA; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM CYNOMOLGI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHESUS MONKEY; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MACACA;

ANIMALIA; BABESIA MICROTI; MACACA MULATTA; PLASMODIUM CYNOMOLGI; SCIURUS VULGARIS;

ANIMALS; BABESIA MICROTI; BABESIOSIS; MACACA MULATTA; MALARIA; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM CYNOMOLGI;

EID: 45349107221     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2008.78.643     Document Type: Article

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