Detection of Babesia hongkongensis sp. nov. in a free-roaming Felis catus cat in Hong Kong.
J Clin Microbiol
; 50(8): 2799-803, 2012 Aug.
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| ID: mdl-22649017
ABSTRACT
Intraerythrocytic Babesia-like trophozoites were seen in postmortem kidney sections of a free-roaming cat in Hong Kong. DNA sequences of the 18S rRNA and mitochondrial cytochrome b genes had only 96.7% and 90.4% nucleotide identity with known Babesia sequences. We propose that this new species be named Babesia hongkongensis.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Babesia
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Babesiose
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Doenças do Gato
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Animals
País como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2012
Tipo de documento:
Article