Prevalence of three zoonotic babesia species in ixodes ricinus (Linné, 1758) nymphs in a suburban forest in Switzerland

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 363-366

  Gigandet, Luca ^a   Stauffer, Emilie ^a   Douet, Véronique ^a   Rais, Olivier ^a   Moret, Jacqueline ^a   Gern, Lise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Babesia divergens; Babesia microti; Babesia venatorum; Ixodes ricinus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BABESIA DIVERGENS; BABESIA MICROTI; BABESIA VENATORUM; FOREST; IXODES RICINUS; NONHUMAN; NYMPH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SWITZERLAND; TICK; TICK BITE;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; DNA PRIMERS; IXODES; NYMPH; POPULATION DENSITY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SUBURBAN POPULATION; SWITZERLAND; TREES; ZOONOSES;

BABESIA; BABESIA DIVERGENS; BABESIA MICROTI; BABESIA SP. EU1; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA;

EID: 79954554510     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2010.0195     Document Type: Article

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