Genetic diversity of Babesia in Ixodes persulcatus and small mammals from North Ural and West Siberia, Russia

Parasitology

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 175-182

  Rar, V A ^a   Epikhina, T I ^a   Livanova, N N ^a,b   Panov, V V ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY AND FUNDAMENTAL MEDICINE   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMATICS AND ECOLOGY OF ANIMALS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Babesia spp.; genetic diversity; Ixodes persulcatus; North Ural; prevalence; West Siberia

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA 18S;

ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA CAPREOLI; BABESIA DIVERGENS; BABESIA MICROTI; BABESIA VENATORUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IXODES PERSULCATUS; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENETIC VARIATION; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; IXODES; MAMMALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SIBERIA;

ANIMALIA; BABESIA; BABESIA MICROTI; IXODES PERSULCATUS; IXODIDA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 79952991289     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182010001162     Document Type: Article

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