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Wide Distribution and Genetic Diversity of Babesia microti in Small Mammals from Yunnan Province, Southwestern China.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases - 1 Oct 2017
Gao Zi-Hou, Huang Tao-Hua, Jiang Bao-Gui, Jia Na, Liu Zheng-Xiang, Shao Zong-Ti, Jiang Rui-Ruo, Liu Hong-Bo, Wei Ran, Li Yu-Qiong, Yao Hong-Wu, von Fricken Michael E, Jiang Jia-Fu, Du Chun-Hong, Cao Wu-Chun
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Babesia, usually found in wild and domestic mammals worldwide, have recently been responsible for emerging malaria-like zoonosis in infected patients. Human B. microti infection has been identified in China, primarily in the Southwest along the Myanmar border but little direct surveillance of B. microti infection in rodents has been carried out here (Yunnan province). In this region, a diverse...
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