| dermacentor reticulatus, a putative vector of babesia cf. microti (syn. theileria annae) piroplasm. | babesia cf. microti (syn. theileria annae, babesia microti-like, babesia vulpes) is a recently recognized tick-borne piroplasm that infects domestic and wild carnivores. although ixodes hexagonus is considered as the leading candidate responsible for the transmission, its capacity to act as a competent vector has not yet been confirmed. this study reports the occurrence of b.cf. microti in unfed dermacentor reticulatus for the first time, suggesting that this tick species may be implicated in th ... | 2017 | 28116531 |
| a new pcr assay for the detection and differentiation of babesia canis and babesia vogeli. | babesia spp. are globally distributed tick-borne protozoan parasites that infect the red blood cells of a wide range of vertebrate hosts, including humans. diagnosis of babesiosis is often impeded by the transient presence of the parasites in peripheral blood, as well as by their pleomorphic nature. given the reports of an expanding and, in some cases, sympatric geographical distribution of babesia canis and babesia vogeli in dogs and associated vectors, in europe, the development of time-effici ... | 2017 | 28739301 |
| prevalence and distribution of borrelia and babesia species in ticks feeding on dogs in the u.k. | ticks were collected during march-july 2015 from dogs by veterinarians throughout the u.k. and used to estimate current prevalences and distributions of pathogens. dna was extracted from 4750 ticks and subjected to polymerase chain reaction and sequence analysis to identify borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (spirochaetales: spirochaetaceae) and babesia (piroplasmida: babesiidae) species. of 4737 ticks [predominantly ixodes ricinus linneaus (ixodida: ixodidae)], b. burgdorferi s.l. was detected in ... | 2017 | 28846148 |