Genetic and antigenic evidence supports the separation of Hepatozoon canis and Hepatozoon americanum at the species level.
Recognition of Hepatozoon canis and Hepatozoon americanum as distinct species was supported by the results of Western immunoblotting of canine anti-H. canis and anti-H. americanum sera against H. canis gamonts. Sequence analysis of 368 bases near the 3' end of the 18S rRNA gene from each species revealed a pairwise difference of 13.59%.
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School of Veterinary Medicine, Hebrew University, Rehovot 76100, Israel. baneth@agri.huiji.ac.il
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D000818:Animals; D000953:Antigens, Protozoan / Q000032:analysis*; D001483:Base Sequence; D003048:Coccidiosis / Q000145:classification; D016054:DNA, Protozoan / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics*; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000145:classification; D004285:Dogs; D016783:Eucoccidiida / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011529:Protozoan Infections, Animal / Q000145:classification; D016053:RNA, Protozoan / Q000235:genetics; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics*; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
D000953:Antigens, Protozoan; D016054:DNA, Protozoan; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D016053:RNA, Protozoan; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S