Prevalence and genetic diversity of piroplasm species in horses and ticks from Tunisia

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 17, Issue , 2013, Pages 33-37

  Ros García, Amaia ^a   M'ghirbi, Youmna ^b,c   Hurtado, Ana ^a   Bouattour, Ali ^b,c  

^a NEIKER and a Vaccine producing Commercial Company CZVSL   (Spain)

^b PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Babesia spp.; Horses; RLB; Theileria spp.; Ticks; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

RNA 18S;

ARTICLE; BABESIA CABALLI; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EQUINE PIROPLASMOSIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HORSE; HYALOMMA EXCAVATUM; HYALOMMA MARGINATUM; HYBRIDIZATION; IXODIDAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE LINE BLOT HYBRIDIZATION; RHIPICEPHALUS BURSA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; THEILERIA EQUI; TUNISIA;

ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PREVALENCE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TICKS; TUNISIA;

ANIMALIA; BABESIA; BABESIA CABALLI; EQUIDAE; HYALOMMA ANATOLICUM EXCAVATUM; HYALOMMA MARGINATUM; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS BURSA; THEILERIA; THEILERIA EQUI;

EID: 84876717801     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2013.03.038     Document Type: Article

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