Diversity of Babesia Infecting European Sheep Ticks ( Ixodes ricinus )
- 1 September 2001
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 39 (9), 3395-7
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.39.9.3395-3397.2001
Abstract
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 results of this study represent the first genetic evidence of B. microti and B. divergens -like parasites in I. ricinus ticks in Europe.Keywords
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