High-quality draft genome sequence of Babesia divergens, the etiological agent of cattle and human babesiosis

Genome Announcements

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Cuesta, Isabel ^a   González, Luis M ^a   Estrada, Karel ^b   Grande, Ricardo ^b   Zaballos, Ángel ^a   Lobo, Cheryl A ^c   Barrera, Jorge ^a   Sanchez Flores, Alejandro ^b   Montero, Estrella ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c NEW YORK BLOOD CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 85005952181     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/genomeA.01194-14     Document Type: Article

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