Evidence of new pathogenic Theileria species in dogs

Journal of Parasitic Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-32

  Dixit, Pooja ^a   Dixit, Alok K ^a   Varshney, Jagdeesh P ^b  

^a Dau Shri Vasudev Chandrakar Kamdhenu Vishwavidyalaya   (India)

^b Nandini Veterinary Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Babesia gibsoni; Canine babesiosis; Ixodeshexagonus; Molecular detection; Sequence analysis; Theileria annae; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

BUPARVAQUONE; IMIDOCARB DIPROPIONATE; SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA CANIS; BABESIA CONRADAE; BABESIA GIBSONI; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD SMEAR; CLADISTICS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOG; DRUG EFFICACY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IXODES; IXODES HEXAGONUS; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPAIN; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; THEILERIA; THEILERIA ANNAE; THEILERIOSIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 78649928041     PISSN: 09717196     EISSN: 09750703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12639-010-0009-0     Document Type: Article

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