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SUBMITTER: Souza SS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5154459 | biostudies-other | 2016 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 20161017 6
Babesiosis is an emerging tick-borne disease caused by apicomplexan parasites of the genus Babesia Most human infections in the United States are caused by Babesia microti, but other infection-causing Babesia parasites have been documented as well. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based methods can be used to identify this parasite to the species level. In this study, published real-time PCR assays for the specific detection of B. microti were evaluated against conventional PCR for their analytic ...[more]