Identification of different Theileria species (Theileria lestoquardi, Theileria ovis, and Theileria annulata) in naturally infected sheep using nested PCR-RFLP

Parasitology Research

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 837-843

  Zaeemi, Mahdieh ^a   Haddadzadeh, Hamidreza ^a   Khazraiinia, Parvaneh ^a   Kazemi, Bahram ^b   Bandehpour, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BETA ACTIN GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; IRAN; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITEMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHEEP; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; THEILERIA; THEILERIA ANNULATA; THEILERIA LESTOQUARDI; THEILERIIDAE;

ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; IRAN; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR TYPING; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; THEILERIA; THEILERIASIS;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; IXODIDA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; THEILERIA; THEILERIA ANNULATA; THEILERIA LESTOQUARDI; THEILERIA OVIS;

EID: 79956200354     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-010-2119-0     Document Type: Article

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