Acquisition and transmission of Hepatozoon canis (Apicomplexa: Hepatozoidae) by the tick Amblyomma ovale (Acari: Ixodidae)

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 164, Issue 2-4, 2009, Pages 324-327

  Rubini, A S ^a   Paduan, K S ^a   Martins, T F ^b   Labruna, M B ^b   O'Dwyer, L H ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amblyomma ovale; Dogs; Hepatozoon canis; Transmission

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; GAMETOCYTE; HEMOLYMPH; HEPATOZOIDAE; HEPATOZOONOSIS; INOCULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RURAL AREA; TICK;

ANIMALS; APICOMPLEXA; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; IXODIDAE; MALE; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA OVALE; APICOMPLEXA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; HEPATOZOIDAE; HEPATOZOON CANIS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE;

EID: 70249114759     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.05.009     Document Type: Article

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