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1Centro Nazionale di Referenza per Anaplasma, Babesia, Rickettsia e Theileria, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia, Palermo, Italy. alessandra.torina@izssicilia.it
Abstract:
Babesiosis is a tick-transmitted disease caused by hematotropic parasites of the genus Babesia. Tick-borne diseases (TBD) have increasingly been recognized in the world as public health problems. The piroplasms are transmitted by ticks and are able to infect a wide variety of vertebrate hosts which are competent in maintaining the transmission cycle. Babesiosis occurrence is usually linked to seasonal variations that affect the vector, but climatic changes have not been common in the subtropical regions of Italy, especially during the last few years. This paper is aimed at compiling information about babesiosis in Italy both from the available literature and from the records of our Centre. Recent biotechnological approaches have aid to the detection of parasites and the monitoring of tick vectors. Moreover, our research has lately been focused on the investigation of the presence of Babesia parasites in wild animals, yielding very interesting results.
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