Browsing Colleges and Schools by Subject "Babesia"
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(Texas A&M University, 2006-10-30)Babesia species have a worldwide distribution, affecting a wide range of mammalian hosts. The major route of transmission is inoculation by an infected Ixodid tick. Babesia species of major economic concern are those that ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2006-10-30)A Babesia sp. isolated from eastern cottontail rabbits (Sylvilagus floridanus) is morphologically similar and genetically identical, based on SSU rRNA gene comparisons, to two agents responsible for human babesiosis in ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1988)The laboratory strain of the intraerythrocytic protozoan parasite, Babesia microti, produces an acute, lethal infection in mice. This species also causes a malaria-like disease in humans. B. microti genomic DNA was prepared ...
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(2012-10-19)Babesia bovis has been an important disease agent in the U.S. cattle industry for over a century. Recently, B. bovis-like parasites have been identified in white-tailed deer (WTD; Odocoileus virginianus) in Texas. If the ...