Redescription of Babesia capreoli (Enigk and Friedhoff, 1962) from roe deer (Capreolus capreolus): Isolation, cultivation, host specificity, molecular characterisation and differentiation from Babesia divergens

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 277-284

  Malandrin, Laurence ^a,b   Jouglin, Maggy ^a,b   Sun, Yi ^a,b   Brisseau, Nadine ^a,b   Chauvin, Alain ^a,b  

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

^b LUNAM UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

18S rDNA sequencing; Babesia capreoli; Babesia divergens; Host range; In vitro cultivation; Roe deer

Indexed keywords

DNA 18S;

CULTIVATION; DEER; DNA; HOST RANGE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA CAPREOLI; BABESIA DIVERGENS; BABESIOSIS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CROSS REACTION; DEER; ERYTHROCYTE SHAPE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHY; GERBIL; HOST RANGE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; SEROLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; CATTLE; DEER; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, RRNA; GERBILLINAE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHEEP;

BABESIA; BABESIA CAPREOLI; BABESIA DIVERGENS; BOS; CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; GERBILLINAE; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 77649270735     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2009.08.008     Document Type: Article

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