Detection of Babesia hongkongensis sp. nov. in a free-roaming felis catus cat in Hong Kong

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2799-2803

  Wong, Samson S Y ^a   Poon, Rosana W S ^a   Hui, Janet J Y ^b   Yuen, Kwok Yung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b PathLab Medical Laboratories Ltd   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; PROTOZOAL DNA; RNA 18S;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BABESIA; BABESIA HONGKONGENSIS; CAT; CYTOCHROME B GENE; DNA SEQUENCE; ERYTHROCYTE; HONG KONG; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TROPHOZOITE;

ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ERYTHROCYTES; GENES, RRNA; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HONG KONG; KIDNEY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BABESIA; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 84864398483     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01300-12     Document Type: Article

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