Babesia and its hosts: Adaptation to long-lasting interactions as a way to achieve efficient transmission

Veterinary Research

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Chauvin, Alain ^a   Moreau, Emmanuelle ^a   Bonnet, Sarah ^b   Plantard, Olivier ^c   Malandrin, Laurence ^c  

^a LUNAM UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

^c Epidemiology and Risk Analysis in Animal Health   (France)

Author keywords

Babesia; Persistence; Tick host; Transmission; Vertebrate host

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VARIANT ERYTHROCYTE SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADAPTATION; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; APICOMPLEXA; BABESIA; CELL ADHESION; GAMETOCYTE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RANGE; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOMODULATION; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITEMIA; PHYLOGENY; PRIMARY INFECTION; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW; SPOROZOITE; TAXONOMY; TICK; ANIMAL; BABESIOSIS; GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VERTEBRATE;

BABESIA; IXODIDA; PROTOZOA; VERTEBRATA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; TICKS; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 67949124559     PISSN: 09284249     EISSN: 12979716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/vetres/2009020     Document Type: Review

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