Isolation and in vitro cultivation of Babesia venatorum (Apicomplexa: Babesiidae), a zoonotic hemoprotozoan from Ixodes persulcatus ticks in China

The emerging Babesia venatorum upsurges as a potential health threat occurring in China and other endemic countries. Few attempts to isolate and culture the Babesia species had been conducted in vitro. We collected the questing Ixodes persulcatus from identified endemic areas and allowed them to fee...

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Main Authors: Yi Sun, Baogui Jiang, Weiqing Zheng, Hong Wang, Ruiruo Jiang, Xin Wang, Na Jia, Fang Yang, Haiying Chen, Jiafu Jiang, Wuchun Cao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-08-01
Series:Biosafety and Health
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590053621000641