Babesia in Ireland
By Linda on Jun 6, 2011 in Infections
Linda’s comment: Lyme is just a USA disease….it is in every country and getting worse. Lyme isn’t just in deer either…..
Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3037898/?tool=pubmed
Excerpt:
ABSTRACT: Blood samples were obtained from 38 wild red deer (Cervus
elaphus) at two sites in Ireland and subjected to PCR analysis of the
18S rRNA gene followed by sequencing. Two fragments of the 18S rRNA gene
were generated by two different PCR protocols and subsequent sequencing
suggested that at least six of the deer were infected by a babesia that,
in those loci, is indistinguishable from Babesia divergens, an important
tick-borne pathogen of cattle and of zoonotic significance.
