Publications
| description of novel babesia species and associated lesions from common murres (uria aalge) from california. | a novel babesia species is described from blood collected from 3 common murres (also known as common guillemots) (uria aalge) from california. this is the first report of a babesia species from the alcidae and the second from the charadriiformes. babesia uriae n. sp. is morphologically similar to several other avian babesia species but can be differentiated from babesia bennetti, the only other species from a host in the charadriiformes, by size of round and amoeboid forms. phylogenetic analysis ... | 2009 | 19348514 |
| babesia bennetti n. sp. from the yellow-legged gull (larus cachinnans, aves, laridae) on benidorm island, mediterranean sea. | babesia bennetti sp. nov. is described as a new species of piroplasm parasitizing the yellow-legged gull larus cachinnans. this is the first report of babesia for this family of birds. double infections in the erythrocytes were common. the udder cow forms described in babesia peircei also were found in this species. the typical "x" forms are rarely seen, with merozoites commonly found in pairs as tetrads. | 1998 | 9576519 |