Author/Editor		Duh, Darja; Slovak, Mirko; Saksida, Ana; Strašek, Katja; Petrovec, Miroslav; Avšič-Županc, Tatjana
Title		Molecular detection of Babesia canis in Dermacentor reticulatus ticks collected in Slovakia
Type		članek
Source		Biologia (Bratisl)
Vol. and No.		Letnik 61, št. 2
Publication year		2006
Volume		str. 231-3
Language		eng
Abstract		Dermacentor reticulatus ticks are recognized as the most important vectors of Babesia canis, the aetiological agent of canine babesiosis occurring throughout Europe. Vector competence of D. reticulatus for B. carcis is well described and experimentally determined; however, by using molecular analysis it was proven so by one recent study in Russia. Herein, the additional molecular evidence of B. canis infection in D. reticulatus ticks collected in Slovakia is provided. Using PCR followed by sequencing of distinctive amplicons we determined the presence of Babesia canis canis in one of 100 tested adult ticks. Two zoonotic pathogens, Francisella tularensis and Coxiella burnetii, were previously isolated from D. reticulatus ticks in Slovakia. In our samples, we detected only the presence of F. tularerensis.
Descriptors		IXODES DISEASE VECTORS BABESIA DERMACENTOR POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION SLOVAKIA