Zoonotic babesiosis: overview of the disease and novel aspects of pathogen identity.

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Published in Ticks Tick Borne Dis on December 24, 2009

Authors

Jeremy Gray1, Annetta Zintl, Anke Hildebrandt, Klaus-Peter Hunfeld, Louis Weiss

Author Affiliations

1: UCD School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland. jeremy.gray@ucd.ie

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