Babesia behnkei sp. nov., a novel Babesia species infecting isolated populations of Wagner’s gerbil, Dipodillus dasyurus, from the Sinai Mountains, Egypt

Babesia behnkei sp. nov., a novel Babesia species infecting isolated populations of Wagner’s gerbil, Dipodillus dasyurus, from the Sinai Mountains, Egypt

Abstract Background Although a number of new species of Babesia/Theileria have been described recently, there are still relatively few reports of species from Africa. In this study based on the evaluation of morphology and phylogenetic relationships, we describe a novel species from Wagner’s gerbil,...

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Main Authors: Anna Bajer, Mohammed Alsarraf, Małgorzata Bednarska, Eman ME Mohallal, Ewa J Mierzejewska, Jolanta Behnke-Borowczyk, Sammy Zalat, Francis Gilbert, Renata Welc-Falęciak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2014-12-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
Subjects:
Babesia
Dipodillus dasyurus
18S rDNA
ITS2
Phylogenetic analysis
Sinai
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-014-0572-9

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-014-0572-9

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