A new Babesia species discovered in rodents from the Sinai Mountains (Egypt) - environmental studies, description and biological characteristics

2011/03/B/NZ6/02090

Keywords

Descriptors

  • NZ8_10: Taksonomia i filogenetyka
  • NZ6_6: Parazytologia
  • NZ8_2: Ekologia

Panel

NZ6 – Human and animal immunology and infection: immunity, immune disorders, immunotherapy, infectious and invasive diseases, microbiology, transplantology, allergology

Host institution

Uniwersytet Warszawski, Wydział Biologii

Voivodeship: mazowieckie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution)

dr hab. Anna Bajer

Number of co-investigators in the project: 4

Call

OPUS 2 – announced on 2011-09-15

Amount awarded
359 000 PLN
Project start date
2012-08-02
Project end date
2015-08-01
Project duration
36 months (the same as in the proposal)
Project status
Project settled

Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. Komputer stacjonarny.
  2. System do wizualizacji i archiwizacji żeli. Cost: 60 000 PLN

Information in the final report

Publication in academic press/journals (2)

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

    Authors:
    Bajer A, Alsarraf M, Bednarska M, Mohallal E, Mierzejewska EJ, Behnke-Borowczyk J, Zalat S, Gilbert F, Welc-Faleciak R.
    Academic press:
    Parasites and Vectors (year: 2014, volume: 7(1):572, pages: 572), Publisher: BioMed Central
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    link to the publication
  2. Long-term spatiotemporal stability and dynamic changes in haemoparasite community of spiny mice (Acomys dimidiatus) in four montane wadis in the St. Katherine Protectorate, Sinai, Egypt

    Authors:
    Mohammed Alsarraf, Małgorzata Bednarska, Eman M. E. Mohallal, Ewa J. Mierzejewska, Jolanta Behnke-Borowczyk, Samy Zalat, Francis Gilbert, Renata Welc-Falęciak, Agnieszka Kloch, Jerzy M. Behnke, Anna Bajer
    Academic press:
    Parasites and Vectors (year: 2016, volume: 9, pages: 195), Publisher: BioMed Central
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1186/s13071-016-1471-z – link to the publication

Articles in post-conference publications (5)

  1. A preliminary biological and molecular characterization of Babesia sp. in the Massive Sinai, Egypt.

    Authors:
    Alsarraf M., Bajer A., Welc-Falęciak R., Bednarska M., Mohallal E., Zalat S., Gilbert F., Behnke J.M.
    Conference:
    XXIII Congress of the Polish Parasitological Society, Szklarska Poręba Piechowice (year: 2013, pages: Annals of Parasitology 59, Suppl., p. 13.), Publisher: Polskie Towarzystwo Parazytologiczne
    Date:
    conference 4-7 września
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    link to the publication
  2. Molecular characteristics of Babesia from Egypt

    Authors:
    Alsarraf M, Behnke JM, Bednarska M, Welc-Falęciak R, Mohallal E, Zalat S, Gilbert F, Bajer A.
    Conference:
    The 16th International Symposium 'Parasitic and allergic arthropods- medical and sanitary significance' Kazimierz Dolny (year: 2014, pages: 82-83), Publisher: Koliber. Oficyna Wydawnicza Fundacji na Rzecz Zwalczania Kleszczy i Profilaktyki w Chorobach Odkleszczowych
    Date:
    conference 2-4 czerwca
    Status:
    Published
  3. Babesia behnkei sp. nov., a novel Babesia species infecting isolated populations of Wagner's gerbil, Dipodillus dasyurus, from the Sinai Mountains, Egypt

    Authors:
    Anna Bajer, Mohammed Alsarraf, Małgorzata Bednarska, Eman ME Mohallal, Ewa J Mierzejewska, Jolanta Behnke-Borowczyk, Sammy Zalat, Francis Gilbert and Renata Welc-Falęciak
    Conference:
    Conference of the International Society for Neglected Tropical Diseases (ISNTD) Bites: vector-control solutions for NTDs & global health (year: 2015, pages: brak), Publisher: International Society for Neglected Tropical Diseases, Londyn, Wlk. Brytania
    Date:
    conference 19 marca
    Status:
    Published
  4. Dynamika wieloletnia zarażenia Babesia w czterech zgrupowaniach gryzoni z masywu Synaju (Egipt)/ Between-year dynamics of Babesia infection in four rodent communities in Sinai mountains, Egypt

    Authors:
    Alsarraf M., Bajer A., Welc-Falęciak R., Bednarska M., Mohallal E., Behnke-Borowczyk J., Rzepka M., Sztyler A., Nowacka J., Wilczak K., Zalat S., Gilbert F., Behnke J.M.
    Conference:
    The 15th International Symposium 'Parasitic and allergic arthropods- medical and sanitary significance', Kazimierz Dolny (year: 2013, pages: 18-19), Publisher: Koliber. Oficyna Wydawnicza Fundacji na Rzecz Zwalczania Kleszczy i Profilaktyki w Chorobach Odkleszczowych
    Date:
    conference 3-5 czerwca
    Status:
    Published
  5. Babesia behnkei sp. nov., a novel rodent Babesia species from the Sinai Mountains, Egypt.

    Authors:
    Anna Bajer, Mohammed Alsarraf, Małgorzata Bednarska, Eman M. E. Mohallal, Ewa J. Mierzejewska, Jolanta Behnke-Borowczyk, Sammy Zalat, Francis Gilbert, Renata Welc-Falęciak
    Conference:
    British Society for Parasitology Spring Meeting, Liverpool (year: 2015, pages: 131), Publisher: British Society for Parasitology
    Date:
    conference 16-18 April
    Status:
    Published

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