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Molecular evidence for Toxoplasma gondii in feeding and questing Ixodes ricinus ticks.
Ticks and tick-borne diseases - 1 Feb 2017
Adamska Małgorzata, Skotarczak Bogumiła
Abstract excerpt
The aim of the present study was to detect Toxoplasma gondii in ticks collected from ponies and field vegetation and to determine the role of Shetland ponies as a potential reservoir host for T. gondii. A total of 1737 feeding Ixodes ricinus collected from 49 horses and 371 questing ticks were tested by PCR and sequencing for the presence and genotyping of T. gondii. All ticks were examined in a previous study to...
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