West-to-east differences of Babesia canis canis prevalence in Dermacentor reticulatus ticks in Slovakia

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 180, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 191-196

  Kubelová, Michaela ^a   Tkadlec, Emil ^b,c   Bednář, Marek ^b   Roubalová, Eva ^d   Široký, Pavel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

^b PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Babesia canis; Dermacentor; Natural focus; PCR RFLP; Slovakia; Vector borne disease

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA CANIS; BABESIOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR RETICULATUS; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLOVAKIA;

ANIMALS; BABESIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DERMACENTOR; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; MALE; SLOVAKIA;

BABESIA; BABESIA CANIS; BABESIA CANIS CANIS; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR RETICULATUS; IXODIDA;

EID: 79960811475     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.03.033     Document Type: Article

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