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Prevalence and genetic diversity of piroplasm species in horses and ticks from Tunisia.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Jul 2013
Ros-García Amaia, M'ghirbi Youmna, Hurtado Ana, Bouattour Ali
Abstract excerpt
The genetic diversity and prevalence of Babesia and Theileria species in the equine population of Tunisia were studied using reverse line blot (RLB) hybridization on blood samples and unfed adult ticks collected from apparently healthy horses from three bioclimatic zones in Tunisia. Piroplasms were identified in 13 of 104 of the horse blood samples analyzed (12.5%) and five genotype groups were identified:...
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