Detection of a Theileria species in dogs in South Africa

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 157, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 34-40

  Matjila, P T ^a   Leisewitz, A L ^a   Oosthuizen, M C ^a   Jongejan, F ^a,b   Penzhorn, B L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dogs; South Africa; Theileria sp.; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

RNA 18S;

ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOG; EHRLICHIA CANIS; GENE SEQUENCE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; THEILERIA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; PHYLOGENY; SOUTH AFRICA; THEILERIA; THEILERIASIS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; THEILERIA; THEILERIA SP.;

EID: 51249110578     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.06.025     Document Type: Article

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