Molecular survey and genetic characterization of tick-borne pathogens in dogs in metropolitan Recife (north-eastern Brazil)

Parasitology Research

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1115-1120

  Ramos, Rafael ^a   Ramos, Carlos ^a   Araújo, Flábio ^b   Oliveira, Renato ^b   Souza, Ingrid ^b   Pimentel, Danillo ^a   Galindo, Mariana ^a   Santana, Marilia ^a   Rosas, Eduardo ^a   Faustino, Maria ^a   Alves, Leucio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BLOOD; BRAZIL; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BLOOD; BRAZIL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARASITES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TICK-BORNE DISEASES;

EID: 79952111318     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-010-1979-7     Document Type: Article

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