Cervids as Babesiae Hosts, Slovenia

We describe cervids as potential reservoir hosts of Babesia EU1 and B. divergens. Both babesial parasites were found in roe deer. Sequence analysis of 18S rRNA showed 99.7% identity of roe deer Babesia EU1 with the human EU1 strain. B. divergens detected in cervids was 99.6% identical to bovine B. d...

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Main Authors: Duh, Darja, Petrovec, Miroslav, Bidovec, Andrej, Avsic-Zupanc, Tatjana
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2005
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3371785/