The molecular evidence of Babesia microti in hard ticks removed from dogs in Warsaw (central Poland)

Polish Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 95-97

  Zygner, Wojciech ^a   Ba̧ska, Piotr ^a   Wiśniewski, Marcin ^a   Wȩdrychowicz, Halina ^a,b  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b W STEFA SKI INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Babesia microti; Human babesiosis; Ixodes ricinus; Poland

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BABESIA MICROTI; BABESIOSIS; CELL LYSATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR RETICULATUS; DOG; HOST; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RANGE; IXODES RICINUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POLAND; TICK;

EID: 77954471081     PISSN: 17331331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33073/pjm-2010-014     Document Type: Article

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