Babesia vogeli in dogs in Chile.
Transbound Emerg Dis
; 67(6): 2296-2299, 2020 Nov.
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ABSTRACT
We report the presence of Babesia vogeli in dogs in Chile. During two surveillance campaigns separated by a year, sixty-three blood samples from free-ranging rural dogs in Coquimbo, Chile, were analysed through conventional PCR screening of the 18S rRNA for Babesia species. Sequencing confirmed the presence of Babesia vogeli in 6.3% of the tested animals, with positive cases in both years. All the sequences showed 100% nucleotide sequence identity among them and 99.8% with other previously published sequences from dogs. No clinical signs or haematological abnormalities other than thrombocytopenia were found in the parasitized individuals. This is the first report of a canine piroplasmid in Chile.
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01-internacional
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Assunto principal:
Babesia
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Babesiose
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Doenças do Cão
Limite:
Animals
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Chile
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2020
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Article