Morphology and genetics of a Babesia isolate from Capreolus capreolus

• Published in: Journal of Wildlife Diseases
• Main Authors: CANCRINI, Gabriella, GABRIELLI, SIMONA, A. Lori, G. Grifoni, P. Calderini
• Other Authors: Cancrini, Gabriella, Gabrielli, Simona, A., Lori, G., Grifoni, P., Calderini
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: WILDLIFE DISEASE ASSOC, INC 2008
• Subjects: babesia capreoli; babesia divergen; capreolus capreolu; italy; molecular diagnostic; morphology; phylogeny; Rangifer tarandus
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11573/135470; https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-44.1.168; http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=000253177100019&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=0c7ff228ccbaaa74236f48834a34396a; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-42449154635&partnerID=65&md5=513b20aa8d80f197da990dfe84c88704

A Babesia isolate that was morphologically distinct from Babesia capreoli and very similar to B. divergens was found in the blood of a roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) found dead in central Italy. Sequences corresponding to the full coding region of the 18S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene were identical to a sequence reported for Babesia divergens from a reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) and 99.9% and 99.8% similar to those reported for B. capreoli and bovine origin B. divergens, respectively.