Whole-genome assembly of Babesia ovata and comparative genomics between closely related pathogens

Abstract Background Babesia ovata, belonging to the phylum Apicomplexa, is an infectious parasite of bovids. It is not associated with the manifestation of severe symptoms, in contrast to other types of bovine babesiosis caused by B. bovis and B. bigemina; however, upon co-infection with Theileria o...

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Main Authors: Junya Yamagishi, Masahito Asada, Hassan Hakimi, Takeshi Q. Tanaka, Chihiro Sugimoto, Shin-ichiro Kawazu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-10-01
Series:BMC Genomics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12864-017-4230-4