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83.3% contained DNA characteristic of Ba. odocoilei. 83.3% contained
DNA characteristic of Ba. odocoilei. 83.3% contained DNA characteristic
of Ba. odocoilei. 83.3% contained DNA characteristic of Ba. odocoilei.
83.3% contained DNA characteristic of Ba. odocoilei. 83.3% contained
DNA characteristic of Ba. odocoilei. 83.3% contained DNA characteristic
of Ba. odocoilei. 83.3% contained DNA characteristic of Ba. odocoilei.
83.3% contained DNA characteristic of Ba. odocoilei. 83.3% contained
DNA characteristic of Ba. odocoilei. 83.3% contained DNA characteristic
of Ba. odocoilei. more prevalent than was Ba. microti. more prevalent
than was Ba. microti. more prevalent than was Ba. microti. more
prevalent than was Ba. microti. more prevalent than was Ba. microti.
more prevalent than was Ba. microti. more prevalent than was Ba.
microti. more prevalent than was Ba. microti. more prevalent than was
Ba. microti. more prevalent than was Ba. microti.

1: Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1998 Jun;58(6):739-42. Related Articles, Links


Diversity of Babesia infecting deer ticks (Ixodes dammini).

Armstrong PM, Katavolos P, Caporale DA, Smith RP, Spielman A, Telford
SR 3rd.

Department of Tropical Public Health, Harvard School of Public Health,
Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.

To determine whether the presence of nonpathogenic piroplasms may
confound field estimates of risk of Babesia microti infection, we
identified sporozoites infecting the salivary glands of deer ticks
(Ixodes dammini) by parallel microscopy and polymerase chain reaction
assays. Piroplasms were evident in 14.4% of adult ticks from sites in
the northcentral and northeastern United States. Of these, 83.3%
contained DNA characteristic of Ba. odocoilei. This cervid piroplasm
was detected in all of the sites examined and generally was more
prevalent than was Ba. microti. Because deer ticks transmit both Ba.
odocoilei and Ba. microti, estimates of pathogen prevalence based
solely on microscopy may overestimate the risk of human babesiosis.

PMID: 9660456 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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