The first detection of species of Babesia Starcovici, 1893 in moose, Alces alces (Linnaeus), in Norway
Babesiosis is an emerging zoonotic disease and various wildlife species are reservoir hosts for zoonotic species of Babesia Starcovici, 1893. The objective of the present study was to investigate the presence and prevalence of Babesia spp. in moose Alces alces (Linnaeus) in two regions of Norway. A...
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ftlithuaniansrc:oai:elaba:15938037 2023-05-15T13:12:53+02:00 The first detection of species of Babesia Starcovici, 1893 in moose, Alces alces (Linnaeus), in Norway Pūraitė, Irma Rosef, Olav Radzijevskaja, Jana Lipatova, Indrė Paulauskas, Algimantas 2016 http://vdu.lvb.lt/VDU:ELABAPDB15938037&prefLang=en_US lit eng lit eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.14411/fp.2016.009 http://vdu.lvb.lt/VDU:ELABAPDB15938037&prefLang=en_US Folia parasitologica, Ceske Budejovice : Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre CAS, 2016, Vol. 63, p. 1-5 ISSN 0015-5683 eISSN 1803-6465 Babesia capreoli Babesia odocoilei-like Ixodes ricinus Zoonosis 18S rDNA gene info:eu-repo/classification/udc/57 info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2016 ftlithuaniansrc https://doi.org/10.14411/fp.2016.009 2021-12-02T00:26:05Z Babesiosis is an emerging zoonotic disease and various wildlife species are reservoir hosts for zoonotic species of Babesia Starcovici, 1893. The objective of the present study was to investigate the presence and prevalence of Babesia spp. in moose Alces alces (Linnaeus) in two regions of Norway. A total of 99 spleen samples were collected from animals of various ages from an area with the occurrence of the tick Ixodes ricinus (Linnaeus, 1758), and from an area where the ticks are known to be absent. Infection was detected by the amplification of different regions of the 18S rRNA gene by using two different PCR primer sets specific of Babesia. Babesia spp. were found in the spleen samples of four moose. All Babesia-infected animals were from an area where ticks occur, with an infection rate of 6% (4 of 70). Babesia-positive samples were obtained from a five-month old moose calf and three adults. Two Babesia species, Babesia capreoli (Enigk et Friedhoff, 1962) and a B. odocoilei-like, were identified. Co-infection with Anaplasma phagocytophilum was obtained in two animals. This is the first report of the occurrence of B. capreoli and B. odocoilei-like species in moose. Article in Journal/Newspaper Alces alces LSRC VL (Lithuanian Social Research Centre Virtual Library) Norway Folia Parasitologica 63 |
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Babesia capreoli Babesia odocoilei-like Ixodes ricinus Zoonosis 18S rDNA gene info:eu-repo/classification/udc/57 Pūraitė, Irma Rosef, Olav Radzijevskaja, Jana Lipatova, Indrė Paulauskas, Algimantas The first detection of species of Babesia Starcovici, 1893 in moose, Alces alces (Linnaeus), in Norway |
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Babesiosis is an emerging zoonotic disease and various wildlife species are reservoir hosts for zoonotic species of Babesia Starcovici, 1893. The objective of the present study was to investigate the presence and prevalence of Babesia spp. in moose Alces alces (Linnaeus) in two regions of Norway. A total of 99 spleen samples were collected from animals of various ages from an area with the occurrence of the tick Ixodes ricinus (Linnaeus, 1758), and from an area where the ticks are known to be absent. Infection was detected by the amplification of different regions of the 18S rRNA gene by using two different PCR primer sets specific of Babesia. Babesia spp. were found in the spleen samples of four moose. All Babesia-infected animals were from an area where ticks occur, with an infection rate of 6% (4 of 70). Babesia-positive samples were obtained from a five-month old moose calf and three adults. Two Babesia species, Babesia capreoli (Enigk et Friedhoff, 1962) and a B. odocoilei-like, were identified. Co-infection with Anaplasma phagocytophilum was obtained in two animals. This is the first report of the occurrence of B. capreoli and B. odocoilei-like species in moose. |
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Pūraitė, Irma Rosef, Olav Radzijevskaja, Jana Lipatova, Indrė Paulauskas, Algimantas |
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Pūraitė, Irma Rosef, Olav Radzijevskaja, Jana Lipatova, Indrė Paulauskas, Algimantas |
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The first detection of species of Babesia Starcovici, 1893 in moose, Alces alces (Linnaeus), in Norway |
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The first detection of species of Babesia Starcovici, 1893 in moose, Alces alces (Linnaeus), in Norway |
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The first detection of species of Babesia Starcovici, 1893 in moose, Alces alces (Linnaeus), in Norway |
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The first detection of species of Babesia Starcovici, 1893 in moose, Alces alces (Linnaeus), in Norway |
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The first detection of species of Babesia Starcovici, 1893 in moose, Alces alces (Linnaeus), in Norway |
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first detection of species of babesia starcovici, 1893 in moose, alces alces (linnaeus), in norway |
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