Identification of a novel Babesia sp. from a sable antelope (Hippotragus niger Harris, 1838)

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2247-2251

  Oosthuizen, Marinda C ^a   Zweygarth, Erich ^b   Collins, Nicola E ^a   Troskie, Milana ^a   Penzhorn, Banie L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; RNA 18S; RIBOSOME DNA;

AMPLICON; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTELOPE; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA IRVINESMITHI; BABESIA OCCULTANS; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD SMEAR; CAUSE OF DEATH; COW; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE LINE BLOT ASSAY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

BABESIA; BABESIA ORIENTALIS; BABESIA SP.; BOVINAE; HIPPOTRAGUS; HIPPOTRAGUS NIGER; THEILERIA;

ANIMALS; ANTELOPES; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 49049095115     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00167-08     Document Type: Article

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