Genetic diversity of Babesia bovis in virulent and attenuated strains

Parasitology

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 317-323

  Mazuz, M L ^a   Molad, T ^a   Fish, L ^a   Leibovitz, B ^a   Wolkomirsky, R ^a   Fleiderovitz, L ^a   Shkap, V ^a  

^a KIMRON VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Israel)

Author keywords

attenuated strains; Babesia bovis; Bv80 gene; genetic diversity; virulent strains

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BABESIA BOVIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TANDEM REPEAT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BABESIA BOVIS; BABESIOSIS; CATTLE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC VARIATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; PROTOZOAN VACCINES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; VACCINES, ATTENUATED; VIRULENCE;

BABESIA BOVIS;

EID: 84858827027     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182011001995     Document Type: Article

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