Author/Editor		Duh, Darja; Petrovec, Miroslav; Avšič-Županc, Tatjana
Title		Diversity of Babesia infecting European sheep ticks (Ixodes ricinus)
Type		članek
Source		J Clin Microbiol
Vol. and No.		Letnik 39, št. 9
Publication year		2001
Volume		str. 3395-7
Language		eng
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.
Descriptors		IXODES DISEASE VECTORS BABESIOSIS POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION BABESIA RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL PHYLOGENY