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Detection and characterization of an emerging type of <i>Babesia</i> sp. similar to <i>Babesia motasi</i> for the first case of human babesiosis and ticks in Korea
1 Jan 2019
Abstract excerpt
Babesiosis is a tick-transmitted intraerythrocytic zoonosis. In Korea, the first mortalities were reported in 2005 due to Babesia sp. detection in sheep; herein we report epidemiological and genetic characteristics of a second case of babesiosis. Microscopic analysis of patient blood revealed polymorphic merozoites. To detect Babesia spp., PCR was performed using Babesia specific primers for β-tubulin, 18S rDNA,...
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