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Antigenic, phenotypic and molecular characterization confirms Babesia odocoilei isolated from three cervids.
Journal of wildlife diseases - 1 Jul 2000
Holman P J, Madeley J, Craig T M, Allsopp B A, Allsopp M T, Petrini K R, Waghela S D, Wagner G G
Abstract excerpt
Babesia isolates from an elk (Cervus elaphus canadensis) and a caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) with fatal infections were compared to Babesia odocoilei (Engeling isolate) from white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) by experimental infection, serologic, and small subunit ribosomal RNA (SSU rRNA) gene sequence analysis studies. Both the indirect fluorescent antibody test and immunoprecipitation assays...
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