Description of novel babesia species and associated lesions from common murres (uria aalge) from California

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1183-1188

  Yabsley, Michael J ^a   Greiner, Ellis ^a,b   Tseng, Florina S ^a,c   Garner, Michael M ^a,d   Nordhausen, Robert W ^a,e   Ziccardi, Michael H ^a,e   Borjesson, Dori L ^a,f   Zabolotzky, Shanon ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORTHWEST ZOOPATH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; RNA 18S;

BLOOD; LESION; MORPHOLOGY; NEW RECORD; PHYLOGENETICS; PROTOZOAN; RNA; SEABIRD;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA BENNETTI; BABESIA URIAE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOST; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BIRD DISEASES; CALIFORNIA; CHARADRIIFORMES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; LUNG; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5.8S;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

ALCIDAE; AVES; BABESIA; BABESIA BENNETTI; BABESIA POELEA; BABESIA SP.; CHARADRIIFORMES; SULA LEUCOGASTER; URIA AALGE;

EID: 77749339893     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1955.1     Document Type: Article

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