title: Detection of Babesia EU1 in Ixodes ricinus ticks in northern Italy.
abstract: Babesia EU1, a potentially important emerging zoonotic pathogen, already detected in ticks and wild ruminants of different European Countries, was found in three pools of Ixodes ricinus nymphs in three different sites located in a single District of north-eastern Italy. Totally 356 ticks (60 pools) were collected from the environment during a surveillance activity in the year 2006. Babesia EU1 estimated individual tick prevalence in the area is 0.85%. The finding that also in northern Italy the tick population is carrying Babesia EU1 suggests a wide geographical spreading of this zoonotic pathogen in Europe.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Sperimentali Veterinarie, Università degli Studi di Padova, Viale dell'Università, 16, 35020 Legnaro (PD), Italy. rudi.cassini@unipd.it
authors.forename: Rudi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cassini
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bonoli
authors.forename: Fabrizio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Montarsi
authors.forename: Cinzia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tessarin
authors.forename: Federica
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Marcer
authors.forename: Roberta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Galuppi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001403:Babesia / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001404:Babesiosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission*; D001483:Base Sequence; D016054:DNA, Protozoan / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D018884:Ixodes / Q000469:parasitology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D015995:Prevalence; D012337:RNA, Ribosomal, 18S / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D016054:DNA, Protozoan; D012337:RNA, Ribosomal, 18S