Detection of a Babesia sp. genotype closely related to marsupial-associated Babesia spp. in male Haemaphysalis shimoga from Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo

• Main Authors: Alice, Cc Lau, Yongjin, Qiu, Mohamed Abdallah, Mohamed Moustafa, Ryo, Nakao, Michito, Shimozuru, Manabu, Onuma, Nobuyoshi, Nakajima, Mariko, Sashika, Mohd Azlan, Jayasilan, Toshio, Tsubota
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japanese Society Of Veterinary Science 2022
• Subjects: QH301 Biology; QR355 Virology
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/40971/1/Detection%20of%20a%20Babesia%20-%20Copy.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/40971/; https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jvms/advpub/0/advpub_22-0304/_article/-char/ja/

In this study, Babesia screening was conducted in 55 rodents and 160 tick samples collected from primary forests and an oil palm plantation in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo. PCR targeting the 18S ribosomal DNA revealed the presence of Babesia spp. DNA detected in two questing male Haemaphysalis shimoga...