| molecular characterization of haemoparasites infecting bats (microchiroptera) in cornwall, uk. | the presence of haemoparasites from the order piroplasmida and the genera bartonella and trypanosoma was assessed in the blood of 60 bats, belonging to 7 species, inhabiting sites across cornwall in southwest england. dna extracted from macerated heart tissue was incorporated into taxon-specific polymerase chain reactions (pcrs) and amplification products were sequenced as a means of identifying, or assigning an identity, to detected haemoparasites. a piroplasmida species was detected in 6 pipis ... | 2005 | 16174413 |