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

2011/03/B/NZ6/02090

Keywords:

Babesia species description hosts parasitaemia molecular characteristics

Descriptors:

  • NZ8_10: Taxonomy and phylogenetic
  • NZ6_6: Parasitology
  • NZ8_2: Ecology

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

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Other projects carried out by the institution 

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 (Y-m-d): 2012-08-02

Project end date (Y-m-d): 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 (60 000 PLN)

Information in the final report

  • Publication in academic press/journals (3)
  • Articles in post-conference publications (5)
  1. 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 (rok: 2016, tom: 9, strony: 195), Wydawca: BioMed Central
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1186/s13071-016-1471-z - link to the publication
  2. 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 (rok: 2014, tom: 7(1):572, strony: 572), Wydawca: BioMed Central
    Status:
    Published
  3. Description of Bartonella fadhilae n. sp. and Bartonlla sanaae n. sp. (Bartonellaceae) from Dipodillus dasyurus and Sekeetamys calurus (Gerbillinae) from the Sinai Massif (Egypt)
    Authors:
    Mohammed Alsarraf, Eman M. Mohallal, Ewa J Mierzejewska, Jolanta Behnke-Borowczyk, Renata Welc-Falęciak, Małgorzata Bednarska, Lukasz Dziewit, Samy Zalat, Francis Gilbert, Jerzy M. Behnke, Anna Bajer
    Academic press:
    Parasitology Research (rok: 2016, tom: nd, strony: nd), Wydawca: Springer
    Status:
    Submitted
  1. 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 (rok: 2015, ), Wydawca: International Society for Neglected Tropical Diseases, Londyn, Wlk. Brytania
    Data:
    konferencja 19 marca
    Status:
    Published
  2. 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 (rok: 2013, ), Wydawca: Koliber. Oficyna Wydawnicza Fundacji na Rzecz Zwalczania Kleszczy i Profilaktyki w Chorobach Odkleszczowych
    Data:
    konferencja 3-5 czerwca
    Status:
    Published
  3. 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 (rok: 2014, ), Wydawca: Koliber. Oficyna Wydawnicza Fundacji na Rzecz Zwalczania Kleszczy i Profilaktyki w Chorobach Odkleszczowych
    Data:
    konferencja 2-4 czerwca
    Status:
    Published
  4. 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 (rok: 2015, ), Wydawca: British Society for Parasitology
    Data:
    konferencja 16-18 April
    Status:
    Published
  5. 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 (rok: 2013, ), Wydawca: Polskie Towarzystwo Parazytologiczne
    Data:
    konferencja 4-7 września
    Status:
    Published