Detection and characterization of babesia species in ixodes ticks in Estonia

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 923-928

  Katargina, Olga ^a,b   Geller, Julia ^a,b   Vasilenko, Veera ^a   Kuznetsova, Tatiana ^a   Järvekülg, Lilian ^b   Vene, Sirkka ^c   Lundkvist, Ãke ^c   Golovljova, Irina ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Estonia)

^b TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

^c SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

B. venatorum; Babesia divergens; Babesia microti; Babesia species; Estonia; Ixodes persulcatus; Ixodes ricinus; Prevalence; Ticks

Indexed keywords

RNA 18S;

ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA DIVERGENS; BABESIA MICROTI; ESTONIA; GENE SEQUENCE; HYBRIDIZATION; IXODES; IXODES PERSULCATUS; IXODES RICINUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SCREENING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BABESIA; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; ESTONIA; IXODES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

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

EID: 79960146322     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2010.0199     Document Type: Article

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