Molecular detection of Theileria annae and Hepatozoon canis in foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in Croatia

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 172, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 333-336

  Dezek, Danko ^a   Vojta, Lea ^b   Ćurković, Snježana ^b   Lipej, Zoran ^a   Mihaljević, Željko ^a   Cvetnić, Željko ^a   Beck, Relja ^a  

^a CROATIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Croatia; Hepatozoon canis; Hepatozoon sp.; Theileria annae; Theileria sp. 3182 05; Vulpes vulpes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD PARASITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; FOX; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HEPATOZOON CANIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN DENATURATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THEILERIA; THEILERIA ANNAE; TICK;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; COCCIDIOSIS; CROATIA; EUCOCCIDIIDA; FOXES; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPLEEN; THEILERIA; THEILERIASIS; TICK-BORNE DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; HEPATOZOON; HEPATOZOON CANIS; IXODES HEXAGONUS; IXODIDA; PROTOZOA; THEILERIA ANNAE; THEILERIA SP.; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 77956059961     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.05.022     Document Type: Article

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