Molecular detection of Babesia spp. and other haemoparasitic infections of cattle in Maputo Province, Mozambique

Parasitology

Volumn 137, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 939-946

  Martins, Tiago M ^a   Neves, Luís ^b   Pedro, Olívia C ^b   Fafetine, José M ^b   Do Rosário, Virgílio E ^a   Domingos, Ana ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^b EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

Babesia bigemina; Babesia bovis; Cattle; Hot start PCR; RLB; Tick borne diseases

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ANAPLASMA; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA BIGEMINA; BABESIA BOVIS; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD PARASITE; CATTLE DISEASE; EHRLICHIA; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MOZAMBIQUE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITOSIS; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THEILERIA; THEILERIA MUTANS;

ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOZAMBIQUE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S;

ANAPLASMA; ANIMALIA; BABESIA; BABESIA BIGEMINA; BABESIA BOVIS; BOS; EHRLICHIA; IXODIDA; THEILERIA; THEILERIA MUTANS;

EID: 77953614417     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003118200999196X     Document Type: Article

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