Babesia microti-like infections are prevalent in North American foxes

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 172, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 179-182

  Birkenheuer, Adam J ^a   Horney, Barbara ^b   Bailey, Matthew ^a   Scott, McBurney ^c   Sherbert, Brittany ^a   Catto, Victoria ^a   Marr, Henry S ^a   Camacho, Angel Tomas ^d   Ballman, Anne E ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^d Laboratorio Lema and Bandin   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anemia; Azotemia; Babesia; Piroplasmosis; Tick

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; PROTOZOAL DNA; RNA 18S;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BABESIA MICROTI; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COYOTE; FOX; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOGENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; BABESIA MICROTI; BABESIOSIS; COYOTES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FOXES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NORTH AMERICA; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SPAIN; TUBULIN;

BABESIA; BABESIA MICROTI; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LATRANS; IXODIDA; UROCYON; UROCYON CINEREOARGENTEUS; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 77956011567     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.05.020     Document Type: Article

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