Improved molecular tools for detection of Babesia bigemina

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1149, Issue , 2008, Pages 155-157

  Petrigh, Romina ^a   Ruybal, Paula ^a   Thompson, Carolina ^a   Neumann, Roberto ^a   Moretta, Rosalia ^a   Wilkowsky, Silvina ^a   Draghi, Graciela ^a   Echaide, Ignacio ^a   De Echaide, Susana Torioni ^a   Farber, Marisa ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Babesia bigemina; Polymerase chain reaction; Reverse line blot hybridization

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA 18S;

BABESIA BIGEMINA; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CATTLE DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITEMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE LINE BLOT HYBRIDIZATION; RNA HYBRIDIZATION; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

BABESIA; BABESIA BIGEMINA; BABESIA BOVIS; BOVINAE;

EID: 57849105627     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1428.038     Document Type: Conference Paper

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