Detection of Babesia vogeli in stray cats of metropolitan Bangkok, Thailand

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 173, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 70-75

  Simking, Patcharathorn ^a   Wongnakphet, Sirichai ^a   Stich, Roger W ^b   Jittapalapong, Sathaporn ^a  

^a KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Babesia vogeli; Bangkok; Cats; PCR; Thailand

Indexed keywords

DNA 18S;

AGE; AMPLICON; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HEALTH; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA VOGELI; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPARASITE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENDER; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS; MALE; MEROZOITE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STRAY CAT; THAILAND; URBAN AREA;

ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; MALE; RISK FACTORS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; THAILAND;

ANIMALIA; BABESIA; BABESIA SP.; PYRUS;

EID: 77956267122     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.06.025     Document Type: Article

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