title: Cervids as Babesiae hosts, Slovenia.
abstract: We describe cervids as potential reservoir hosts of Babesia EU1 and B. divergens. Both babesial parasites were found in roe deer. Sequence analysis of 18S rRNA showed 99.7% identity of roe deer Babesia EU1 with the human EU1 strain. B. divergens detected in cervids was 99.6% identical to bovine B. divergens.
authors: Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical Faculty, Ljubljana, Slovenia. darja.duh@mf.uni-lj.si
authors: Darja
authors: D
authors: Duh
authors: Miroslav
authors: M
authors: Petrovec
authors: Andrej
authors: A
authors: Bidovec
authors: Tatjana
authors: T
authors: Avsic-Zupanc
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001403:Babesia / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001404:Babesiosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D003670:Deer / Q000469:parasitology*; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D010802:Phylogeny; D017524:Slovenia / Q000453:epidemiology