Prevalence and genetic diversity of Babesia and Anaplasma species in cattle in Sudan

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 181, Issue 2-4, 2011, Pages 146-152

  Awad, Hoyam ^a   Antunes, Sandra ^b   Galindo, Ruth C ^c   do Rosário, Virgílio E ^b   de la Fuente, José ^c,d   Domingos, Ana ^b   El Hussein, Abdelrahim M ^a  

^a Central Veterinary Research Laboratory Sudan   (Sudan)

^b INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^d OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaplasma marginale; Babesia bigemina; Babesia bovis; Molecular diagnosis; Ticks

Indexed keywords

DNA;

AGE; ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANAPLASMOSIS; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA BIGEMINA; BABESIA BOVIS; BABESIOSIS; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUDAN;

AGING; ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SUDAN;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; BABESIA; BABESIA BIGEMINA; BABESIA BOVIS; BOS; IXODIDA;

EID: 80052543727     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.04.007     Document Type: Article

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