The first detection of Babesia EU1 and Babesia canis canis in Ixodes ricinus ticks (Acari, Ixodidae) collected in urban and rural areas in northern Poland

Polish Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 231-236

  Cieniuch, Stella ^a   Stańczak, Joanna ^a   Ruczaj, Anna ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Babesia canis canis; Babesia EU1; Canine babesiosis; Human babesiosis; Ixodes ricinus; Poland

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA; RNA 18S;

ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA CANIS CANIS; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; IXODES RICINUS; MALE; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NYMPH; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; TICK; URBAN AREA;

ANIMALS; BABESIA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; IXODES; MALE; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACARI; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BABESIA; BABESIA CANIS CANIS; BABESIA DIVERGENS; BABESIA MICROTI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; RICKETTSIA HELVETICA;

EID: 70350728485     PISSN: 17331331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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