Molecular Detection of Theileria spp. in Livestock on Five Caribbean Islands

Theileria spp. are tick-transmitted, intracellular apicomplexan protozoan parasites infecting a wide range of animals. As there is very limited information on the prevalence of Theileria spp. in the Caribbean we used the recently described genus-specific pan-Theileria FRET-qPCR to identify infected...

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Main Authors: Jilei Zhang, Patrick Kelly, Jing Li, Chuanling Xu, Chengming Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/624728