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Babesia vesperuginis, a neglected piroplasmid: new host and geographical records, and phylogenetic relations
1 Dec 2017
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Babesia spp. are hemoparasites which infect the red blood cells of a large variety of mammals. In bats, the only known species of the genus is Babesia vesperuginis. However, except a few old reports, the host range and geographical distribution of this bat parasite have been poorly studied. This study aimed to investigate the presence of piroplasms in tissues of bats collected in four different...
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