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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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Main Authors: Øines, Øivind, Radzijevskaja, Jana, Paulauskas, Algimantas, Rosef, Olav
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2012
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3439691/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22862883
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-5-156
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