Presence of potentially pathogenic Babesia sp. for human in Ixodes ricinus in Switzerland

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 65-70

  Casati, Simona ^a   Sager, Heinz ^b   Gern, Lise ^c   Piffaretti, Jean Claude ^a  

^a Istituto Cantonale di Microbiologia   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Babesia divergens; Babesia microti; Babesia sp. EU1; Ixodes ricinus; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BABESIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; HUMAN; IXODES RICINUS; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWITZERLAND; TICK;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BABESIA; BABESIA MICROTI; BABESIOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; IXODES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWITZERLAND;

ACARI; BABESIA; BABESIA DIVERGENS; BABESIA MICROTI; BABESIA SP.; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE;

EID: 33746471680     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: 12321966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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