Detection of Babesia EU1 in Ixodes ricinus ticks in northern Italy

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 171, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 151-154

  Cassini, Rudi ^a   Bonoli, Cristina ^b   Montarsi, Fabrizio ^c   Tessarin, Cinzia ^a   Marcer, Federica ^a   Galuppi, Roberta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE VENEZIE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Babesia EU1; Italy; Ixodes ricinus; Vectors; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA EU1; ENVIRONMENT; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; ITALY; IXODES RICINUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NYMPH; PATHOGENESIS; PIROPLASMIDA; POPULATION;

ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ITALY; IXODES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BABESIA; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA;

EID: 77953619571     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.03.009     Document Type: Article

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