Preliminary evaluation of the BrEMA1 gene as a tool for associating Babesia rossi genotypes and clinical manifestation of canine babesiosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3586-3592

  Matjila, P T ^a   Carcy, B ^b   Leisewitz, A L ^a   Schetters, T ^b,c   Jongejan, F ^a,d   Gorenflot, A ^b   Penzhorn, B L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c INTERVET INTERNATIONAL BV   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA ROSSI; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD SMEAR; BREMA1 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA;

BABESIA; BABESIA ROSSI; CANIS FAMILIARIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 70449627465     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01110-08     Document Type: Article

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