Diversity of Babesia in Ixodes ricinus ticks in Poland

Advances in Medical Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 364-369

  Welc Faleciak R ^a   Bajer, A ^a   Paziewska Harris, A ^b   Baumann Popczyk, A ^c   Sinski E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c NATIONAL MEDICINES INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Babesia; Babesiosis; Diversity; Ixodes ricinus; Poland; Ticks

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; PRIMER DNA; RNA 18S;

ARTICLE; BABESIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PURIFICATION; FOREST; GENOTYPE; IXODES RICINUS; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POLAND; RECREATION; RNA SEQUENCE; VEGETATION;

EID: 84879583024     PISSN: 18961126     EISSN: 18984002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10039-012-0023-9     Document Type: Article

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