TABLE 3.
Babesia spp. identified by PCR based on DNA isolated from ticks collected from domestic and wild ungulates from two locations
| Location | Animal(s) | Isolatesa
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. divergens (n = 6) | Babesia sp. genotype EU1 (n = 14) | B. major (n = 2) | Babesia sp. strain CH1 (n = 4) | ||
| Poschiavo Valley | Sheep and goats from farm 3 | p12a | p3, p12b | ||
| Poschiavo Valley | Red deer 6 | p14 | |||
| Ticino | Red deer 11 | d6 | |||
| Ticino | Red deer 12 | d7 | |||
| Ticino | Red deer 15 | d110 | |||
| Ticino | Red deer 17 | d10, d111 | |||
| Ticino | Red deer 25 | d13 | |||
| Ticino | Red deer 30 | d86 | d15, d98 | d85 | d79, d81, d104 |
| Ticino | Red deer 35 | d49 | |||
| Ticino | Red deer 37 | d18 | |||
| Ticino | Red deer 39 | d19, d53 | |||
| Ticino | Red deer 48 | d75 | d22 | ||
| Ticino | Red deer 141 | d27 | |||
| Ticino | Red deer 146 | d31 | |||
| Ticino | Chamois 375 | c30 | |||
a
d, isolate from ticks collected from deer in Ticino; p, isolate from sheep and goats from Poschiavo Valley.