Turkish Babesia, Borrelia, and Rickettsia spp. detected in this study and their level of nucleotide similarity with other strains.

aBabesia crassa GU184 accession no. AY260177.bBabesia major isolate France1 accession no. EU622907.cBabesia occultans isolate Italy-366/12-20 accession no. KC157568 and Babesia occultans isolate 58 accession no. HQ331478.dBabesia canis rossi isolate Dog-44 accession no. DQ111760.eBorrelia burgdorferi isolate TN19 accession no. DQ860271.fBorrelia burgdorferi N40 accession no. CP002228.gBorrelia burgdorferi genotype I-181 accession no. AF497980.hRickettsia aeschlimannii strain EgyRickHimp-El-Arish-17 accession no. HQ335158.ıRickettsia aeschlimannii strain TR/Orkun-H.aegyp86/Ankara accession no. JQ691728.jRickettsia slovaca 13-B accession no. CP002428.kRickettsia slovaca strain TR/Orkun-D.marg79/Ankara accession no. JQ691724.lCandidatus Rickettsia hoogstraalii strain TR/Orkun-H.parva164/Ankara accession no. JQ691712.