Entomologic and Serologic Evidence of Zoonotic Transmission of Babesia microti, Eastern Switzerland

Entomologic and Serologic Evidence of Zoonotic Transmission of Babesia microti, Eastern Switzerland

We evaluated human risk for infection with Babesia microti at a site in eastern Switzerland where several B. microti–infected nymphal Ixodes ricinus ticks had been found. DNA from pooled nymphal ticks amplified by polymerase chain reaction was highly homologous to published B. microti sequences. Mor...

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Main Authors: Ivo M. Foppa, Peter J. Krause, Andrew Spielman, Heidi Goethert, Lise Gern, Brigit Brand, Sam R. Telford
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002-07-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Babesia microti
Europe
human babesiosis
Ixodes ricinus
Switzerland
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/8/7/01-0459_article

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https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/8/7/01-0459_article

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