Japanese Babesia microti cytologically detected in salivary glands of naturally infected tick Ixodes ovatus

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 891-897

  Yano, Yasuhiro ^a   Saito Ito, Atsuko ^b   Anchalee, Dantrakool ^b   Takada, Nobuhiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Babesia microti; Ixodes ovatus; Salivary gland; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ACINAR CELL; ARTICLE; BABESIA MICROTI; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEEDING; FEMALE; IXODES; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENT; SALIVARY GLAND; SPOROZOITE; TICK;

ACARI; BABESIA MICROTI; IXODES; IXODES OVATUS; PROTOZOA; RODENTIA;

EID: 27544509471     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: 13480421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2005.tb03680.x     Document Type: Article

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