First molecular evidence of potentially zoonotic Babesia microti and Babesia sp. EU1 in Ixodes ricinus ticks in Belgium

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 125-130

  Lempereur, Laetitia ^a   De Cat, Ann ^b   Caron, Yannick ^a   Madder, Maxime ^c   Claerebout, Edwin ^b   Saegerman, Claude ^a   Losson, Bertrand ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Babesia microti; Babesia sp. EU1; Belgium; Emerging zoonotic infection; Ixodes ricinus; PCR; Ticks

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA MICROTI; BELGIUM; CAT; DOG; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; IXODES RICINUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIA MICROTI; BELGIUM; CATS; DOGS; IXODES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S;

BABESIA; BABESIA MICROTI; BABESIA SP.; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CANIS FAMILIARIS; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA;

EID: 79551603547     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2009.0189     Document Type: Article

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