| babesia microti in adult dermacentor reticulatus ticks from eastern poland. | a total of 468 adult dermacentor reticulatus ticks (298 females and 170 males) collected by flagging in the forests of lubelskie province, eastern poland, were analyzed by pcr and nested-pcr for the presence of babesia microti dna. in all, 21 ticks (4.5%) were found to be infected with b. microti. the infection rate in females (5.0%) was slightly greater than in males (3.5%). detection of b. microti for the first time in adult d. reticulatus ticks suggests that this species should be considered ... | 2012 | 22651392 |
| babesia spp. in questing ticks from eastern poland: prevalence and species diversity. | a total of 853 questing ixodes ricinus males, females, and nymphs and of 582 questing dermacentor reticulatus males and females were collected from vegetation on the territory of the lublin province (eastern poland). the ticks were examined for the presence of babesia by pcr detecting part of 18s ribosomal rna (rrna) gene and nuclear small subunit rrna (ss-rdna) for determining of babesia spp. and babesia microti, respectively. the overall incidence of babesia strains in i. ricinus ticks was 4.6 ... | 2015 | 25976982 |
| prevalence of babesia microti in ixodes ricinus ticks from lublin region (eastern poland). | a total of 1,367 ixodes ricinus ticks collected from 5 districts of the lublin region (eastern poland) were examined for the presence of babesia microti dna by pcr and nested-pcr. as many as 74 ticks (5.4 %) were found to be infected with babesia microti. the infection rate varied significantly with stage/sex of ticks (chi (2) =16.48543, df=2, p < 0.000264). the infection rates in females and males amounted to 6.4 % and 8.8 % respectively and were significantly higher (p=0.006 and p=0.0001 respe ... | 2006 | 17196008 |