Molecular and serological prevalence of Babesia bovis and Babesia bigemina in water buffaloes in the north region of Brazil

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 197, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 678-681

  Da Silva, Jenevaldo Barbosa ^a   André, Marcos Rogério ^a   da Fonseca, Adivaldo Henrique ^b   de Albuquerque Lopes, Cinthia Távora ^c   da Silva Lima, Danillo Henrique ^c   de Andrade, Stefano Juliano Tavares ^c   Oliveira, Carlos Magno Chaves ^c   Barbosa, José Diomedes ^c  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Babesia; Brazil; ELISA; NPCR; Water buffaloes

Indexed keywords

DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ARTICLE; BABESIA BIGEMINA; BABESIA BOVIS; BRAZIL; CATTLE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HERD; IMMUNE STATUS; NONHUMAN; PIROPLASMOSIS; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; SOUTH AMERICA; TICK BORNE DISEASE; WATER BUFFALO;

ANIMALIA; BABESIA; BABESIA BIGEMINA; BABESIA BOVIS; BOS; BOVINAE; BUBALUS; IXODIDA;

BABESIA; BRAZIL; ELISA; NPCR; WATER BUFFALOES;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BRAZIL; BUFFALOES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 84884986470     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2013.05.020     Document Type: Article

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