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Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 44(1), 2008, pp. 168-171
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Morphology and Genetics of a Babesia Isolate from Capreolus capreolus

 G. Cancrini1,3, S. Gabrielli1, A. Lori1, G. Grifoni2 and P. Calderini2

1 Dipartimento di Scienze di Sanità Pubblica, Sez. Parassitologia, Università "La Sapienza", P.le Aldo Moro, 2, 00185 Roma, Italy;
2 Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Regioni Lazio e Toscana, Sez. Rieti, V. Tancia, 21, 02100 Rieti, Italy
3 Corresponding author (email: gabriella.cancrini{at}uniroma1.it)

ABSTRACT:   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.
  Key words:  Babesia capreoli, Babesia divergens, Capreolus capreolus, Italy, molecular diagnostics, morphology, phylogeny.






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