Identification of Parasitic Communities within European Ticks Using Next-Generation Sequencing

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Bonnet, Sarah ^a   Michelet, Lorraine ^a   Moutailler, Sara ^a   Cheval, Justine ^b   Hébert, Charles ^b   Vayssier Taussat, Muriel ^a   Eloit, Marc ^b,c,d  

^a FRENCH AGENCY FOR FOOD   (France)

^b PathoQuest   (France)

^c ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA DIVERGENS; BABESIA MAJOR; BABESIA MICROTI; BABESIA SP EU1; IXODES RICINUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE; PHYLOGENY; PIROPLASMOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THEILERIA; THEILERIA PARVA; THEILERIA TAUROTRAGI; TICK; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; BABESIA; BIODIVERSITY; FRANCE; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; PARASITES; PARASITOLOGY; THEILERIA;

EID: 84897383894     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002753     Document Type: Article

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