Molecular evidence of zoonotic Babesia species, other than B. microti, in ixodid ticks collected from small mammals in the Republic of Korea

The occurrence of tick‐borne infectious diseases, including zoonotic babesiosis, has become a serious concern in recent years. In this study, we detected Babesia spp. using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification of the 18S rRNA of the parasites isolated from ixodid ticks collected from small...

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Autores principales: Kim, Tae Yun, Kim, Seong Yoon, Kim, Tae‐Kyu, Lee, Hee IL, Cho, Shin‐Hyeong, Lee, Wook‐Gyo, Kim, Hyunwoo
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8604135/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34492740
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/vms3.581
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author Kim, Tae Yun
Kim, Seong Yoon
Kim, Tae‐Kyu
Lee, Hee IL
Cho, Shin‐Hyeong
Lee, Wook‐Gyo
Kim, Hyunwoo
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Kim, Seong Yoon
Kim, Tae‐Kyu
Lee, Hee IL
Cho, Shin‐Hyeong
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Kim, Hyunwoo
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description The occurrence of tick‐borne infectious diseases, including zoonotic babesiosis, has become a serious concern in recent years. In this study, we detected Babesia spp. using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification of the 18S rRNA of the parasites isolated from ixodid ticks collected from small mammals in the Republic of Korea (ROK). Sequence analysis of the PCR amplicon revealed the presence of B. duncani, B. venatorum, B. capreoli/divergens, and, the most prevalent, B. microti in the ticks. The molecular phylogenetic analysis showed that the four species‐specific18S rRNA sequences clustered in four distinct clades. This is the first study to provide molecular evidence for the presence of zoonotic Babesia spp. other than B. microti in ticks in the ROK.
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spelling pubmed-86041352021-11-24 Molecular evidence of zoonotic Babesia species, other than B. microti, in ixodid ticks collected from small mammals in the Republic of Korea Kim, Tae Yun Kim, Seong Yoon Kim, Tae‐Kyu Lee, Hee IL Cho, Shin‐Hyeong Lee, Wook‐Gyo Kim, Hyunwoo Vet Med Sci Original Articles The occurrence of tick‐borne infectious diseases, including zoonotic babesiosis, has become a serious concern in recent years. In this study, we detected Babesia spp. using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification of the 18S rRNA of the parasites isolated from ixodid ticks collected from small mammals in the Republic of Korea (ROK). Sequence analysis of the PCR amplicon revealed the presence of B. duncani, B. venatorum, B. capreoli/divergens, and, the most prevalent, B. microti in the ticks. The molecular phylogenetic analysis showed that the four species‐specific18S rRNA sequences clustered in four distinct clades. This is the first study to provide molecular evidence for the presence of zoonotic Babesia spp. other than B. microti in ticks in the ROK. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021-09-07 /pmc/articles/PMC8604135/ /pubmed/34492740 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/vms3.581 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Veterinary Medicine and Science published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
spellingShingle Original Articles
Kim, Tae Yun
Kim, Seong Yoon
Kim, Tae‐Kyu
Lee, Hee IL
Cho, Shin‐Hyeong
Lee, Wook‐Gyo
Kim, Hyunwoo
Molecular evidence of zoonotic Babesia species, other than B. microti, in ixodid ticks collected from small mammals in the Republic of Korea
title Molecular evidence of zoonotic Babesia species, other than B. microti, in ixodid ticks collected from small mammals in the Republic of Korea
title_full Molecular evidence of zoonotic Babesia species, other than B. microti, in ixodid ticks collected from small mammals in the Republic of Korea
title_fullStr Molecular evidence of zoonotic Babesia species, other than B. microti, in ixodid ticks collected from small mammals in the Republic of Korea
title_full_unstemmed Molecular evidence of zoonotic Babesia species, other than B. microti, in ixodid ticks collected from small mammals in the Republic of Korea
title_short Molecular evidence of zoonotic Babesia species, other than B. microti, in ixodid ticks collected from small mammals in the Republic of Korea
title_sort molecular evidence of zoonotic babesia species, other than b. microti, in ixodid ticks collected from small mammals in the republic of korea
topic Original Articles
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8604135/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34492740
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/vms3.581
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