Nucleotide sequence heterogeneity in the small subunit ribosomal RNA gene within Theileria equi from horses in Sudan

Parasitology Research

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 493-498

  Salim, Bashir ^a,b   Bakheit, Mohammed A ^b   Kamau, Joseph ^a   Nakamura, Ichiro ^a   Sugimoto, Chihiro ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 18S; SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA; PROTOZOAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUINE PIROPLASMOSIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SUDAN; THEILERIA; THEILERIA EQUI; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THEILERIOSIS;

EQUIDAE; THEILERIA EQUI;

ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENOTYPE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SUDAN; THEILERIA; THEILERIASIS;

EID: 77949324057     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-009-1691-7     Document Type: Article

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