Babesia sp. BQ1 (Lintan): Molecular evidence of experimental transmission to sheep by Haemaphysalis qinghaiensis and Haemaphysalis longicornis

Parasitology International

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 265-267

  Guan, Guiquan ^a,b   Moreau, Emmanuelle ^b   Liu, Junlong ^a   Hao, Xuefen ^a   Ma, Miling ^a   Luo, Jianxun ^a   Chauvin, Alain ^b   Yin, Hong ^a  

^a State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology   (China)

^b LUNAM UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Babesia sp. BQ1 (Lintan); Experimental transmission; Haemaphysalis longicornis; Haemaphysalis qinghaiensis; Nested PCR

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FEMALE; GOAT; HAEMAPHYSALIS LONGICORNIS; HAEMAPHYSALIS QINGHAIENSIS; LARVA; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NYMPH; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; TICK; TICK INFESTATION;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD; CHINA; FEMALE; IXODIDAE; LARVA; NYMPH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TICK INFESTATIONS;

BABESIA; BABESIA SP.; CAPRA HIRCUS; HAEMAPHYSALIS LONGICORNIS; HAEMAPHYSALIS QINGHAIENSIS; IXODIDA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 77951652525     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2009.12.002     Document Type: Article

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