title: Hepatozoon canis: the prevalence of antibodies and gametocytes in dogs in Israel.
abstract: A survey for the prevalence of antibodies to Hepatozoon canis and for intraneutrophilic H. canis gametocytes in the peripheral blood neutrophils of dogs in Israel showed that 33.1% were seropositive, while only 1% of the dogs sampled had detectable parasites in their blood smears. Exposure to H. canis is widespread but it appears that most infected dogs undergo a subclinical infection and only a small proportion develop clinical disease.
authors.affiliation: Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Baneth
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Shkap
authors.forename: B Z
authors.initials: BZ
authors.lastname: Presentey
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pipano
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000097:blood*; D003048:Coccidiosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000469:parasitology*; D004285:Dogs; D016783:Eucoccidiida / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D017282:Tick-Borne Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*
chemical_list: D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan