Identification of novel Babesia and Theileria genotypes in the endangered marsupials, the woylie (Bettongia penicillata ogilbyi) and boodie (Bettongia lesueur)

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-30

  Paparini, Andrea ^a   Ryan, Una M ^a   Warren, Kris ^a   McInnes, Linda M ^a   de Tores, Paul ^b   Irwin, Peter J ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Wildlife Research Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Babesia; Marsupials; Molecular phylogeny; Piroplasms; Theileria; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

DNA 18S;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BABESIA; BETTONGIA LESUEUR; BETTONGIA PENICILLATA OGILBYI; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENOTYPE; MARSUPIAL; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEILERIA; WILD SPECIES;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENOTYPE; MARSUPIALIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUEENSLAND; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; THEILERIA; THEILERIASIS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; BABESIA; BABESIA SP.; BETTONGIA LESUEUR; BETTONGIA PENICILLATA; BOS; IXODIDA; METATHERIA; PENICILLATA; POTOROUS TRIDACTYLUS; SETONIX BRACHYURUS; THEILERIA; THEILERIA SP.;

EID: 84860294391     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2012.02.021     Document Type: Article

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