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Article: Babesia sp. EU1 from roe deer and transmission within Ixodes ricinus.(DISPATCHES)(Clinical report)
- Article from:
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Article date:
- August 1, 2007
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We report in vitro culture of zoonotic Babesia sp. EU1 from blood samples of roe deer in France. This study provides evidence of transovarial and transstadial transmission of the parasite within Ixodes ricinus, which suggests that this tick could be a vector and reservoir of EUI.
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Babesiosis is a zoonosis caused by intraerythrocytic piroplasms of the genus Babesia, which are transmitted by ticks (1). In Europe, [approximately equal to] 30 human cases of babesiosis have been reported over the past 50 years and have been traditionally attributed to infection with the bovine parasite B. divergens transmitted by Ixodes ricinus (2,3). However, in ...