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A few systematic reports on\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Babesia<\/jats:italic>\n                      spp. was involved with ticks, especially in the human babesiosis endemic areas in Northeastern China.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Materials and Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Ticks were collected from 30 individual waypoints along 2.0\u2009km transects in two recreational forests.\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Babesia<\/jats:italic>\n                      spp. infection in ticks was screened by amplifying the partial 18s rRNA gene with subsequent sequencing. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to determine the association between tick infection and related environmental risk factors. Cluster analyses were performed using SaTScan v6.0 software to identify any geographical cluster of infected ticks.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      A total of 2380\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Ixodes persulcatus<\/jats:italic>\n                      and 461\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Haemaphysalis concinna<\/jats:italic>\n                      ticks were collected. Of the 0.97% of\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">I. persulcatus<\/jats:italic>\n                      ticks that tested positive, five\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Babesia<\/jats:italic>\n                      species were identified, including\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">B. bigemina<\/jats:italic>\n                      (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20096)\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">, B. divergens<\/jats:italic>\n                      (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20092)\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">, B. microti<\/jats:italic>\n                      (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20093),\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">B. venatorum<\/jats:italic>\n                      (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u200911), and one novel strain HLJ-8. Thirteen (2.92%)\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">H. concinna<\/jats:italic>\n                      ticks tested positive for\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">B. bigemina<\/jats:italic>\n                      (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20091),\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">B. divergens<\/jats:italic>\n                      (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20091), three genetic variants of\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Babesia<\/jats:italic>\n                      represented by HLJ-874, which was closely related to\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Babesia<\/jats:italic>\n                      sp.MA#361-1, and eight other\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Babesia<\/jats:italic>\n                      variants represented by HLJ242, which were similar to\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">B. crassa<\/jats:italic>\n                      . Each study site had 5\u20136 different\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Babesia<\/jats:italic>\n                      spp. One waypoint was more likely to yield\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">B. venatorum<\/jats:italic>\n                      (relative risk\u2009=\u200915.36,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.045) than all other waypoints.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      There exists a high genetic diversity of\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Babesia<\/jats:italic>\n                      spp. across a relatively small sampled region. Further study is needed to understand the risks these variants pose to human health.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1089\/vbz.2020.2635","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,8,4]],"date-time":"2020-08-04T16:18:34Z","timestamp":1596557914000},"page":"817-824","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Genetic Diversity and Coexistence of\n                    <i>Babesia<\/i>\n                    in Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) from Northeastern China"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"20","author":[{"given":"Luo-Yuan","family":"Xia","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Graduate School of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China."},{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Pathogens and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, China."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Bao-Gui","family":"Jiang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Pathogens and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, China."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ting-Ting","family":"Yuan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Pathogens and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, China."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Michael","family":"von Fricken","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Global and Community Health, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Na","family":"Jia","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Pathogens and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, China."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rui-Ruo","family":"Jiang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Pathogens and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, China."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yuan","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Pathogens and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, China."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xin-Lou","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Pathogens and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, China."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yi","family":"Sun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Pathogens and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, China."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xiang-Dong","family":"Ruan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Academy of Forest Inventory and Planning, National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Beijing, China."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Wu-Chun","family":"Cao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Pathogens and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, China."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jia-Fu","family":"Jiang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Graduate School of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China."},{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Pathogens and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, China."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,10,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_3_3_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1089\/vbz.2010.0043"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_3_1","first-page":"505","article-title":"Babesiosis surveillance\u201418 States, 2011","volume":"61","author":"Barbara L","year":"2012","unstructured":"Barbara L, , Herwaldt M, , Susan Montgomery D, , Dana Woodhall M, et al. 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