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From: Babesia behnkei sp. nov., a novel Babesia species infecting isolated populations of Wagner’s gerbil, Dipodillus dasyurus, from the Sinai Mountains, Egypt

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The type-host, Wagner’s gerbil Dipodillus dasyurus (W. Gebel) trapped in Sinai, Egypt, and type-forms of Babesia behnkei n. sp. A. Type host: Wagner’s gerbil, Dipodillus dasyurus (W. Gebel, Sinai, Egypt). B. Type-forms of Babesia behnkei n. sp. ex Wagner’s gerbil Dipodillus dasyurus (W. Gebel) collected in Sinai, Egypt. Typical forms - single rounded trophozoites in erythrocytes. C. Double trophozoites and dividing form (tetrad) of Babesia behnkei n. sp. ex Wagner’s gerbil Dipodillus dasyurus in erythrocytes. D. Trophozoites of Babesia microti King’s 67 in erythrocytes of BALB/c mice (acute phase, on the 8th day post infection). E. Different forms of Babesia behnkei n. sp. ex D. dasyurus. F. Different forms of Babesia microti from BALB/c mice.

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