First detection and molecular identification of Babesia microti in Rattus losea captured from the offshore Kinmen Island of Taiwan

LL Chao, WC Yu, CM Shih - Ticks and tick-borne diseases, 2017 - Elsevier
Babesia microti was firstly detected and identified in brown country rats (Rattus losea,
Swinhoe) captured from the offshore Kinmen Island of Taiwan. The prevalence of Babesia …

First report of Babesia microti infection in rodents in Miyun district of Beijing.

ZS Wang, XM Wang, XF Dou, X Li, HL Ren… - Acta Parasitologica et …, 2013 - cabdirect.org
In June 2012, 15 rodents captured in Miyun district of Beijing were detected for the infection
of Babesia parasites. Thin blood smears were prepared with Giemsa's stain for determining …

Detection of Kobe-type Babesia microti associated with Japanese human babesiosis in field rodents in central Taiwan and southeastern mainland China

A Saito-Ito, N Takada, F Ishiguro, H Fujita, Y Yano… - Parasitology, 2008 - cambridge.org
Field rodent surveys for Babesia infection were performed from 2002 to 2005 in the vicinities
of human babesiosis occurrences in Taiwan and mainland China. Babesia microti was …

Babesia microti in Rodents and Raccoons from Northeast Florida

K Clark, K Savick, J Butler - The Journal of parasitology, 2012 - meridian.allenpress.com
Human babesiosis in the United States is caused most commonly by the intraerythrocytic
protozoan parasite, Babesia microti. Although a few reports have described evidence of …

Continuous in vivo culture and indirect fluorescent antibody test for zoonotic protozoa of Babesia microti

A Saito-Ito, A Kawai, S Ohmori, M Nagano-Fujii - Parasitology international, 2016 - Elsevier
Babesiosis has attracted attention as a zoonotic disease. The disease is caused in
immunocompetent individuals almost solely by Babesia microti, a rodent babesia. Most …

Detection of Kobe-type and Otsu-type Babesia microti in wild rodents in China's Yunnan province

XR Chen, LI Ye, JW Fan, C Li, F Tang, W Liu… - Epidemiology & …, 2017 - cambridge.org
Babesiosis is an emerging tick-transmitted zoonosis prevalent in large parts of the world.
This study was designed to determine the rates of Babesia microti infection among small …

Detection of Babesia microti-like parasite in filter paper-absorbed blood of wild rodents

T Okabayashi, J Hagiya, M Tsuji, C Ishihara… - Journal of Veterinary …, 2002 - jstage.jst.go.jp
The first case of human babesiosis was reported in Japan. The epidemiology of this disease
in Japanese nature remains unclear. In this study, 97 common field mice captured in …

Prevalence of Babesia microti in Free-Ranging Baboons and African Green Monkeys

JM Maamun, MA Suleman, M Akinyi… - The Journal of …, 2011 - meridian.allenpress.com
Babesia microti-like parasites have been reported to infect captive non-human primates
(NHPs). However, studies on the prevalence of Babesia spp. in free-ranging NHPs are …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation on Infectivity of Babesia microti to Domestic Animals and Ticks Outside the Ixodes Genus

J Wu, J Cao, Y Zhou, H Zhang, H Gong… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Babesiosis caused by Babesia microti parasite is an emerging tick borne zoonotic disease
that was confirmed recently in China. To understand the epidemiology characteristics of this …

The PCR detection and phylogenetic characterization of Babesia microti in questing ticks in Mongolia

B Tuvshintulga, T Sivakumar, B Battsetseg… - Parasitology …, 2015 - Elsevier
Babesia microti is a tick-transmitted zoonotic hemoprotozoan parasite. In the present study,
we investigated B. microti infection in questing ticks in Mongolia. A total of 219 questing ticks …