Survey of Rodents and Ticks in Human Babesiosis Emergence Area in Japan: First Detection of Babesia microti -Like Parasites in Ixodes ovatus
Year: 2004
Type: article
Abstract: Babesia microti-like parasites were detected for the first time in Ixodes ovatus in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, where two reported types of B. microti-like parasites were recognized in many rodents. Of 80 adult I. ovatus ticks collected, 5 possessed the reported type and 1 possessed a new type of B. microti-like parasite.
Source: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Institutions: Kobe University, University of Fukui, University of Tsukuba
Language: English
Subfield: Parasitology
Field: Immunology and Microbiology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2102189142