Morphology and genetics of a Babesia isolate from Capreolus capreolus.
A Babesia isolate that was morphologically distinct from Babesia capreoli and very similar to B. divergens was found in the blood of a roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) found dead in central Italy. Sequences corresponding to the full coding region of the 18S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene were identical to a sequence reported for Babesia divergens from a reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) and 99.9% and 99.8% similar to those reported for B. capreoli and bovine origin B. divergens, respectively.
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Dipartimento di Scienze di Sanità Pubblica, Sez. Parassitologia, Università La Sapienza, P.le Aldo Moro, 2, 00185 Roma, Italy. gabriella.cancrini@uniroma1.it <gabriella.cancrini@uniroma1.it>
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Lori
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Calderini
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D000818:Animals; D001403:Babesia / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001404:Babesiosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D001483:Base Sequence; D003670:Deer / Q000469:parasitology*; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000662:veterinary; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D016053:RNA, Protozoan / Q000235:genetics; D012337:RNA, Ribosomal, 18S / Q000235:genetics; D017282:Tick-Borne Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary
D016053:RNA, Protozoan; D012337:RNA, Ribosomal, 18S