Babesia: A world emerging

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1788-1809

  Schnittger, Leonhard ^a,b   Rodriguez, Anabel E ^a,b   Florin Christensen, Monica ^a,b   Morrison, David A ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Babesia; Evolution; Molecular phylogeny; Molecular taxonomy; Population genetics; Theileria

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; RNA 18S;

BABESIA; BABESIA BIGEMINA; BABESIA BOVIS; BABESIA CABALLI; BABESIA DIVERGENS; BABESIA EQUI; BABESIA MICROTI; CLADISTICS; CYTAUXZOON; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; LAST COMMON ANCESTOR; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PIROPLASMOSIS; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; REVIEW; TAXONOMY; THEILERIA;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; AVES; BABESIA; BABESIA MICROTI; CYTAUXZOON; IXODIDA; MAMMALIA; PIROPLASMIDA; REPTILIA; THEILERIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84865856389     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2012.07.004     Document Type: Review

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