Molecular survey of babesia microti in wild rodents in central croatia

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 81-83

  Beck, Relja ^a   Vojta, Lea ^b   Ćurković, Snježana ^b   Mrljak, Vladimir ^b   Margaletić, Josip ^c   Habrun, Boris ^a  

^a CROATIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Babesia microti; Croatia; PCR; Prevalence; Wild Rodents

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BABESIA MICROTI; BABESIOSIS; CROATIA; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; BABESIA MICROTI; BABESIOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CROATIA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; MALE; MURINAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENT DISEASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

APODEMUS FLAVICOLLIS; BABESIA DIVERGENS; BABESIA MICROTI; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; MAMMALIA; MUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 79251623166     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2009.0260     Document Type: Article

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