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Babesia vogeli in dogs in Chile
Author(s) -
Di Cataldo Sophia,
UlloaContreras Claudia,
Cevidanes Aitor,
Hernández Claudia,
Millán Javier
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
transboundary and emerging diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.392
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1865-1682
pISSN - 1865-1674
DOI - 10.1111/tbed.13609
Subject(s) - babesia , 18s ribosomal rna , biology , babesiosis , blood smear , virology , veterinary medicine , ribosomal rna , medicine , immunology , genetics , malaria , gene
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.