Morphological and Molecular Descriptors of the Developmental Cycle of Babesia divergens Parasites in Human Erythrocytes

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Rossouw, Ingrid ^a   Maritz Olivier, Christine ^a   Niemand, Jandeli ^a   van Biljon, Riette ^a   Smit, Annel ^a   Olivier, Nicholas A ^a   Birkholtz, Lyn Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTOME;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BABESIA DIVERGENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; DNA REPLICATION; ERYTHROCYTE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR DIVISION; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; ANIMAL; BABESIA; BOVINE; CATTLE DISEASE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; PARASITOLOGY; PIROPLASMOSIS; TICK; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; TICKS; TRANSCRIPTOME; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84930633876     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003711     Document Type: Article

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