Wild ungulates as Babesia hosts in Northern and Central Italy

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 667-674

  Tampieri, Maria Paola ^a   Galuppi, Roberta ^a   Bonoli, Cristina ^a   Cancrini, Gabriella ^b   Moretti, Annabella ^c   Pietrobelli, Mario ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Parasitology; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA DIVERGENS; BABESIA MICROTI; BABESIOSIS; DEER; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; ITALY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THEILERIA; UNGULATE; WILD BOAR;

ANIMALS; ARTIODACTYLA; BABESIA; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; ITALY; MALE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BABESIA; BABESIA DIVERGENS; BABESIA MICROTI; CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; DAMA DAMA; IXODIDA; SUS SCROFA; THEILERIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 53549119952     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2008.0001     Document Type: Article

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