Canine babesiosis in Romania due to Babesia canis and Babesia vogeli: A molecular approach

Parasitology Research

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1659-1664

  Ionita, Mariana ^a   Mitrea, Ioan Liviu ^a   Pfister, Kurt ^b   Hamel, Dietmar ^b   Buzatu, Catalin Marius ^a   Silaghi, Cornelia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRONOMIC SCIENCES AND VETERINARY MEDICINE OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; RNA 18S;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA CANIS; BABESIA VOGELI; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PIROPLASM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; RNA CONFORMATION; ROMANIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SSRNA GENE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; ROMANIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BABESIA; BABESIA CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; IXODIDA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 84863462996     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-011-2683-y     Document Type: Article

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