High prevalence of Babesia microti in small mammals in Beijing

Abstract Background Babesiosis is an emerging tick-borne zoonotic infectious disease. Babesia microti is responsible for most cases of human babesiosis globally. It is important to investigate the prevalence of B. microti in the mammalian host population of a specific region in order to elucidate me...

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Main Authors: Chun-Yan Wei, Xiao-Mei Wang, Zhen-Sheng Wang, Zhi-Hua Wang, Zeng-Zhi Guan, Lian-Hui Zhang, Xiang-Feng Dou, Heng Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-11-01
Series:Infectious Diseases of Poverty
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40249-020-00775-3