| the pcr detection and phylogenetic characterization of babesia microti in questing ticks in mongolia. | babesia microti is a tick-transmitted zoonotic hemoprotozoan parasite. in the present study, we investigated b. microti infection in questing ticks in mongolia. a total of 219 questing ticks were collected from three different mongolian provinces (bayan-olgii, khovsgol, and selenge). of these, 63 from selenge were identified as ixodes persulcatus, while the remaining 156 (from all three provinces) were identified as dermacentor nuttalli. when the tick dna samples were screened using a b. microti ... | 2015 | 26225461 |