Wild cervids are host for tick vectors of Babesia species with zoonotic capability in Belgium

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 275-280

  Lempereur, Laetitia ^a,b   Wirtgen, Marc ^a   Nahayo, Adrien ^a   Caron, Yannick ^a   Shiels, Brian ^b   Saegerman, Claude ^a   Losson, Bertrand ^a   Linden, Annick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Babesia species; Belgium; Cervids; Tick; Zoonotic

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; RNA 18S;

ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA CAPREOLI; BABESIA DIVERGENS; BABESIOSIS; BELGIUM; INFECTION RATE; IXODES RICINUS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TICK VECTOR;

ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BELGIUM; DEER; DISEASE VECTORS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TICKS; ZOONOSES;

BABESIA; BABESIA CAPREOLI; BABESIA DIVERGENS; BABESIA SP.; CERVIDAE; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 84859529915     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2011.0722     Document Type: Article

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