Oocysts of Hepatozoon canis in Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus collected from a naturally infected dog

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 177, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 392-396

  de Miranda, Renata Lima ^a   de Castro, Jacqueline Ribeiro ^a   Olegário, Maria Marlene Martins ^a   Beletti, Marcelo Emílio ^a   Mundim, Antonio Vicente ^a   O'Dwyer, Lucia Helena ^b   Eyal, Osnat ^c   Talmi Frank, Dalit ^c   Cury, Márcia Cristina ^a   Baneth, Gad ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Hepatozoonosis; Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus; Vector

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GAMONT; GENE SEQUENCE; HEPATOZOONOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPOROGENESIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; COCCIDIOSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EUCOCCIDIIDA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OOCYSTS; OOCYTES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIPICEPHALUS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; TICK-BORNE DISEASES;

BOOPHILUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; HEPATOZOON; HEPATOZOON CANIS; IXODIDA; PROTOZOA; RHIPICEPHALUS;

EID: 79954571044     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.01.044     Document Type: Article

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