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Molecular characterization of human pathogen Babesia EU1 in Ixodes ricinus ticks from Slovenia
Darja Duh1, Miroslav Petrovec, Tatjana Avsic-Zupanc
1Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical Faculty, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
The Journal of Parasitology
|July 1, 2005
Abstract:
New cases of human babesiosis were recently reported in Europe. The etiological agent was identified as Babesia EU1, a zoonotic pathogen with previously unreported molecular characteristics. On the basis of a comparison of the complete babesial 18S rRNA gene, we have generated strong molecular evidence that Ixodes ricinus ticks from Slovenia are infected with EU1.

