Babesia vesperuginis, a neglected piroplasmid: new host and geographical records, and phylogenetic relations

Babesia vesperuginis, a neglected piroplasmid: new host and geographical records, and phylogenetic relations

Abstract Background Babesia spp. are hemoparasites which infect the red blood cells of a large variety of mammals. In bats, the only known species of the genus is Babesia vesperuginis. However, except a few old reports, the host range and geographical distribution of this bat parasite have been poor...

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Main Authors: Alexandra Corduneanu, Kristýna Hrazdilová, Attila D. Sándor, Ioana Adriana Matei, Angela Monica Ionică, Levente Barti, Marius-Alexandru Ciocănău, Dragoş Ștefan Măntoiu, Ioan Coroiu, Sándor Hornok, Hans-Peter Fuehrer, Natascha Leitner, Zoltán Bagó, Katharina Stefke, David Modrý, Andrei Daniel Mihalca
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-12-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
Subjects:
Bats
Tick-borne pathogens
Piroplasms
Babesia vesperuginis
Europe
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13071-017-2536-3

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