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Prevalence and diversity of Babesia spp. in questing Ixodes ricinus ticks from Norway

BACKGROUND: Ixodes ricinus ticks transmit Babesia species to vertebrate hosts. Using molecular tools we were able to detect the presence of this piroplasmid in its vector. The aims of this study were to investigate the prevalence and identity of Babesia species in questing ticks collected in various...

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Autores principales: Øines, Øivind, Radzijevskaja, Jana, Paulauskas, Algimantas, Rosef, Olav
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3439691/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22862883
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-5-156