Foci report on indigenous Dermacentor reticulatus populations in Belgium and a preliminary study of associated babesiosis pathogens

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 355-358

  Cochez, C ^a   Lempereur, L ^b,f   Madder, M ^c,d   Claerebout, E ^e   Simons, L ^a   De Wilde, N ^e   Linden, A ^b   Saegerman, C ^b   Heyman, P ^a   Losson, B ^b  

^a QUEEN ASTRID MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Babesia spp.; Belgium; Dermacentor reticulatus; Tick

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL RNA; RNA 18S;

ACTIVITY PATTERN; CANID; DEER; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE VECTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; NATIVE SPECIES; PARASITIC DISEASE; PATHOGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PROTOZOAN; TICK;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BELGIUM; CLASSIFICATION; DERMACENTOR; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIROPLASMOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BELGIUM; DERMACENTOR; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S;

BELGIUM;

BABESIA; BABESIIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; DERMACENTOR RETICULATUS; EQUIDAE; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; PIROPLASMIDA;

EID: 84865088006     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2011.00998.x     Document Type: Article

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