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RESEARCH PAPER
Presence of potentially pathogenic Babesia sp. for human in Ixodes ricinusin Switzerland.
Simona Casati 1
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Heinz Sager
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Lise Gern
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Jean-Claude Piffaretti
 
 
 
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Istituto Cantonale di Microbiologia, Bellinzona, Switzerland.
 
 
Ann Agric Environ Med. 2006;13(1):65-70
 
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Babesia microti
Babesia divergens
Babesia sp. EU1
Ixodes ricinus
Switzerland
 
ABSTRACT
We have designed and performed a new PCR method based on the 18S rRNA inorder to individuate the presence and the identity of Babesia parasites. Out of 1159 Ixodes ricinus (Acari:Ixodidae) ticks collected in four areas of Switzerland, nine were found to contain Babesia DNA. Sequencingof the short amplicon obtained (411-452 bp) allowed the identification of three human pathogenic species:Babesia microti, B. divergens, for the first time in Switzerland, Babesia sp. EU1. We also report coinfectionswith B. sp. EU1-Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto and Babesia sp. EU1-B. afzelii.
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