Canine Babesia new to North America.
A domestic dog residing in New England suffered a fatal febrile illness caused by a Babesia infection. The morphology of these intraerythrocytic protozoa and the range of hosts that could be infected experimentally suggested that the parasite was B. gibsoni. Although this tick-bourne disease is enzootic in wild and domestic Canidae in Africa and Asia, it appears to be new to the Americas.
D000818:Animals; D001179:Arthropod Vectors; D001403:Babesia / Q000145:classification / Q000166:cytology; D001404:Babesiosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000635:transmission; D006224:Cricetinae; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D004285:Dogs; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000469:parasitology; D051379:Mice; D014481:United States