| molecular detection and seroprevalence of babesia microti among stock farmers in khutul city, selenge province, mongolia. | babesiosis is an emerging tick-borne disease in humans worldwide; however, little is known about the frequency of infection or prevalence of this disease in other parts of the world, excluding north america. in this study, we aimed to investigate babesia microti infection frequency in a human population in mongolia. one hundred blood samples were collected from stock farmers living in khutul city of selenge province, mongolia. the sera and dna from blood samples were evaluated for the presence o ... | 2014 | 25246726 |
| 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 |