Quantitative PCR-based parasite burden estimation of Babesia gibsoni in the vector tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis (acari: Ixodidae), fed on an experimentally infected dog

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-6

  Hatta, Takeshi ^a   Matsubayashi, Makoto ^a   Miyoshi, Takeharu ^a   Islam, Md Khyrul ^a   Alim, M Abdul ^a   Anisuzzaman, ^a   Yamaji, Kayoko ^a   Fujisaki, Kozo ^b   Tsuji, Naotoshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Babesia gibsoni; Haemaphysalis longicornis; Parasite burden; Quantitative PCR; Transovarial transmission

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RHOPTRY ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 1, BABESIA; RHOPTRY-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN-1, BABESIA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BABESIA; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; IXODIDAE; OOCYTE; OVARY; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TICK INFESTATION;

ANIMALS; BABESIA; DNA PRIMERS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; IXODIDAE; OVARY; OVUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 84873266952     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: 13477439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.12-0175     Document Type: Article

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