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