Author/Editor | Duh, Darja; Petrovec, Miroslav; Avšič-Županc, Tatjana | |
Title | Molecular characterization of human pathogen Babesia EU1 in Ioxides ricinus ticks from Slovenia | |
Type | članek | |
Source | J Parasitol | |
Vol. and No. | Letnik 91, št. 2 | |
Publication year | 2005 | |
Volume | str. 463-5 | |
Language | eng | |
Abstract | New cases of human babesiosis were recently reported in Europe. The etiological agent was identified as Babesia EU1, a zoonotic pathogen with previously unreported molecular characteristics. On the basis of a comparison of the complete babesial 18S rRNA gene, we have generated strong molecular evidence that Ixodes ricinus ticks from Slovenia are infected with EU1. | |
Descriptors | BABESIOSIS IXODES BABESIA RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION BASE SEQUENCE |