| diversity of babesia infecting european sheep ticks (ixodes ricinus). | questing ixodes ricinus (acari: ixodidae) adult and nymphal ticks collected in various parts of slovenia were tested for the presence of babesial parasites with a pcr assay based on the nuclear small subunit rrna gene (nss-ribosomal dna [rdna]). thirteen of 135 ticks were found to contain babesial dna. sequence determination and analysis of amplified portions of nss-rdna revealed their identity with babesia microti and a high degree of homology with babesia odocoilei and babesia divergens. the r ... | 2001 | 11526189 |
| babesia spp. in ticks and wildlife in different habitat types of slovakia. | babesiosis is an emerging and potentially zoonotic disease caused by tick-borne piroplasmids of the babesia genus. new genetic variants of piroplasmids with unknown associations to vectors and hosts are recognized. data on the occurrence of babesia spp. in ticks and wildlife widen the knowledge on the geographical distribution and circulation of piroplasmids in natural foci. questing and rodent-attached ticks, rodents, and birds were screened for the presence of babesia-specific dna using molecu ... | 2016 | 27207099 |
| the first detection of species of babesia starcovici, 1893 in moose, alces alces (linnaeus), in norway. | babesiosis is an emerging zoonotic disease and various wildlife species are reservoir hosts for zoonotic species of babesia starcovici, 1893. the objective of the present study was to investigate the presence and prevalence of babesia spp. in moose alces alces (linnaeus) in two regions of norway. a total of 99 spleen samples were collected from animals of various ages from an area with the occurrence of the tick ixodes ricinus (linnaeus, 1758), and from an area where the ticks are known to be ab ... | 2016 | 27188749 |