Epidemiologic and clinical surveys in dogs infected with babesia gibsoni in South Korea

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 681-686

  Lee, Mi Jin ^a,b   Yu, Do Hyeon ^a,b   Yoon, Ji Seon ^a,b   Li, Ying Hua ^a,b   Lee, Jong Hyeon ^a,b   Chae, Joon Seok ^c   Park, Jinho ^a,b  

^a Center for Healthcare Technology Development   (South Korea)

^b Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Babesia gibson; Dog; PCR; South Korea

Indexed keywords

RNA 18S;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA GIBSONI; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD SMEAR; BREED DIFFERENCE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; INFECTION RATE; INFESTATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITEMIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTH KOREA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TICKS;

BABESIA; BABESIA GIBSONI; CANIS FAMILIARIS; IXODIDA;

EID: 72749086864     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2008.0116     Document Type: Article

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