Frequency and therapy monitoring of canine Babesia spp. infection by high-resolution melting curve quantitative FRET-PCR

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 168, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 11-18

  Wang, Chengming ^a   Ahluwalia, Sudhir K ^a   Li, Yihang ^a   Gao, Dongya ^a   Poudel, Anil ^a   Chowdhury, Erfan ^a   Boudreaux, Mary K ^a   Kaltenboeck, Bernhard ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

B. canis; B. gibsoni; Canine babesiosis; Melting curve analysis; Real time PCR; Therapy monitoring

Indexed keywords

ATOVAQUONE; DIMINAZENE ACETURATE; DOXYCYCLINE; RNA 18S; TILMICOSIN;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BREEDING LINE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOG DISEASE; DRUG MONITORING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MELTING POINT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE SERODIAGNOSIS; PARASITE VECTOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEASONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

BABESIA; BABESIA CANIS; BABESIA CANIS ROSSI; BABESIA CANIS VOGELI; BABESIA GIBSONI; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; IXODIDA;

EID: 75749126489     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.10.015     Document Type: Article

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