Prevalence of Babesia microti-like infection in red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) from Portugal

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 196, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 90-95

  Cardoso, L ^a,b   Cortes, H C E ^c   Reis, A ^c   Rodrigues, P ^a   Simoes M ^c   Lopes, A P ^a   Vila Vicosa M J ^c   Talmi Frank, D ^d   Eyal, O ^d   Solano Gallego, L ^e   Baneth, G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^e UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Babesia canis; Babesia microti like piroplasm; Portugal; Red fox; Theileria annae; Vulpes vulpes

Indexed keywords

RNA 18S;

AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BABESIA CANIS; BABESIA MICROTI; BABESIA MICROTI LIKE INFECTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BONE MARROW; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; MALE; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PIROPLASMIDA; PIROPLASMOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; RNA GENE; THEILERIA; THEILERIA ANNAE; VULPES VULPES;

BABESIA; BABESIA CANIS; BABESIA MICROTI; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; PIROPLASMIDA; PROTOZOA; THEILERIA ANNAE; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 84880755761     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.12.060     Document Type: Article

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