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SUBMITTER: Duh D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC88357 | biostudies-literature | 2001 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Duh D D Petrovec M M Avsic-Zupanc T T
Journal of clinical microbiology 20010901 9
Questing Ixodes ricinus (Acari: Ixodidae) adult and nymphal ticks collected in various parts of Slovenia were tested for the presence of babesial parasites with a PCR assay based on the nuclear small subunit rRNA gene (nss-ribosomal DNA [rDNA]). Thirteen of 135 ticks were found to contain babesial DNA. Sequence determination and analysis of amplified portions of nss-rDNA revealed their identity with Babesia microti and a high degree of homology with Babesia odocoilei and Babesia divergens. The r ...[more]