Babesia ugwidiensis, a new species of Avian piroplasm from Phalacrocoracidae in South Africa

A new species of haematozoa, Babesia ugwidiensis sp. nov. from a cormorant is described. This is the first species of piroplasm to be recorded from the Phalacrocoracidae and the relationship of this parasite to other Babesia spp. from marine hosts is discussed.

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Autores principales: Peirce, M.A., Parsons, N.J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: EDP Sciences 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3671452/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23193522
http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2012194375
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description A new species of haematozoa, Babesia ugwidiensis sp. nov. from a cormorant is described. This is the first species of piroplasm to be recorded from the Phalacrocoracidae and the relationship of this parasite to other Babesia spp. from marine hosts is discussed.
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spelling pubmed-36714522013-07-24 Babesia ugwidiensis, a new species of Avian piroplasm from Phalacrocoracidae in South Africa Peirce, M.A. Parsons, N.J. Parasite Original Contribution A new species of haematozoa, Babesia ugwidiensis sp. nov. from a cormorant is described. This is the first species of piroplasm to be recorded from the Phalacrocoracidae and the relationship of this parasite to other Babesia spp. from marine hosts is discussed. EDP Sciences 2012-11 2012-11-15 /pmc/articles/PMC3671452/ /pubmed/23193522 http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2012194375 Text en © PRINCEPS Editions, Paris, 2012 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Peirce, M.A.
Parsons, N.J.
Babesia ugwidiensis, a new species of Avian piroplasm from Phalacrocoracidae in South Africa
title Babesia ugwidiensis, a new species of Avian piroplasm from Phalacrocoracidae in South Africa
title_full Babesia ugwidiensis, a new species of Avian piroplasm from Phalacrocoracidae in South Africa
title_fullStr Babesia ugwidiensis, a new species of Avian piroplasm from Phalacrocoracidae in South Africa
title_full_unstemmed Babesia ugwidiensis, a new species of Avian piroplasm from Phalacrocoracidae in South Africa
title_short Babesia ugwidiensis, a new species of Avian piroplasm from Phalacrocoracidae in South Africa
title_sort babesia ugwidiensis, a new species of avian piroplasm from phalacrocoracidae in south africa
topic Original Contribution
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3671452/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23193522
http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2012194375
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