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. 2020 Nov;67(6):2296-2299.
doi: 10.1111/tbed.13609. Epub 2020 May 17.

Babesia vogeli in dogs in Chile

Sophia Di Cataldo  1 , Claudia Ulloa-Contreras  2 , Aitor Cevidanes  3 , Claudia Hernández  4 , Javier Millán  3   5   6
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Babesia vogeli in dogs in Chile

Sophia Di Cataldo et al. Transbound Emerg Dis. 2020 Nov.

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.

Keywords: South America; canine; piroplasmid.

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