Analysis of Theileria orientalis draft genome sequences reveals potential species-level divergence of the Ikeda, Chitose and Buffeli genotypes

Abstract Background Theileria orientalis (Apicomplexa: Piroplasmida) has caused clinical disease in cattle of Eastern Asia for many years and its recent rapid spread throughout Australian and New Zealand herds has caused substantial economic losses to production through cattle deaths, late term abor...

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Main Authors: Daniel R. Bogema, Melinda L. Micallef, Michael Liu, Matthew P. Padula, Steven P. Djordjevic, Aaron E. Darling, Cheryl Jenkins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-04-01
Series:BMC Genomics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12864-018-4701-2