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Three Cases of Human Babesiosis, Italy, 2017–2020
Chiara Sepulcri
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, Rachele Pincino
1, Federico Baldi
1, Giovanni Cenderello, Stefania Zanet, Daniela Boccolini, Anna Rosa Sannella, Mariangela L’Episcopia, Carlo Severini, Matteo Bassetti, Chiara Dentone, and Ezio Ferroglio
Author affiliation: University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy (C. Sepulcri, M. Bassetti); Ospedale Sanremo, Sanremo, Italy (R. Pincino, G. Cenderello); AON SS Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo University Hospital, Alessandria, Italy (F. Baldi); University of Turin, Turin, Italy (S. Zanet, E. Ferroglio); Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy (D. Boccolini, A.R. Sannella, M. L’Episcopia, C. Severini); IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa (M. Bassetti, C. Dentone)
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Figure 2. Phylogenetic analysis of the Babesia spp. in study of 3 cases of human babesiosis, Italy, 2017–2020. 18S ribosomal RNA gene sequences were amplified from the 3 clinical isolates from Italy. Arrows indicate the Babesia isolates from the 3 patients. Tree was inferred by using the maximum-likelihood method with 1,000 bootstrap replicates. Tree with the highest log likelihood (−3,487.14) is shown. Bootstrap values (cutoff at 80%) are indicated at specific branch nodes. 18S ribosomal RNA gene (partial) from Cytauxzoon felis protozoan parasite was used as the outlier. Tree not drawn to scale.
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