TABLE 2.

Identification of ticks collected in southern Switzerland from animals in spring, summer, and autumn 2004 and Babesia spp. detected in ticks by PCR and sequencing or specific PCR^a

Location	Hosts	Ticks			Babesia spp. (no. of isolates)
		Species	Stage	Total no./no. tested for Babesia spp.
Poschiavo Valley	Sheep, goat, cattle	Ixodes ricinus	Adults	875/111	B. divergens (1), Babesia sp. genotype EU1 (2)
Nymphs	26/0
			Larvae	1/0
		Dermacentor marginatus	Adults	14/14
	Deer, roe deer, chamois	Ixodes ricinus	Adults	32/32	Babesia sp. genotype EU1 (1)
Ticino	Deer, roe deer, chamois	Ixodes ricinus	Adults	1,067/541	B. divergens (5), Babesia sp. genotype EU1 (10), B. major (2), Babesia sp. genotype CH1 (4)
		Hemaphysalis punctata	Adults	2/2	Babesia sp. genotype EU1 (1)

^aReactions were performed with primers specific for B. divergens or Babesia sp. genotype EU1 (see Table 1).