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Babesia gibsoni genotype Asia in dogs from Brazil.
Veterinary parasitology - 10 Oct 2006
Trapp Silvia M, Messick Joanne B, Vidotto Odilon, Jojima Flavio S, de Morais Helio S Autran
Abstract excerpt
Babesia gibsoni was first recognized in India in 1910. Analysis of 18S rRNA has shown that there are at least three distinct isolates that are morphologically identical. Although organisms similar to B. gibsoni have been identified in peripheral blood smears from one dog in Brazil, this isolate has not been molecularly characterized. Accordingly, we obtained blood samples from 16 dogs with intraerythrocytic...
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