Sika deer carrying Babesia parasites closely related to B. divergens, Japan

Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Aug;20(8):1398-400. doi: 10.3201/eid2008.130061.
No abstract available

Keywords: Babesia divergens; Cervus nippon; Japan; emerging disease; parasites; sika deer; tickborne disease; zoonoses.

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Babesia / classification*
  • Babesia / genetics*
  • Babesia / isolation & purification
  • Carrier State*
  • Deer / parasitology*
  • Genes, Protozoan
  • Japan
  • Phylogeny