title: Genetic and antigenic evidence supports the separation of Hepatozoon canis and Hepatozoon americanum at the species level.
abstract: 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%.
authors.affiliation: School of Veterinary Medicine, Hebrew University, Rehovot 76100, Israel. baneth@agri.huiji.ac.il
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Baneth
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Barta
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Shkap
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Macintire
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Vincent-Johnson
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000953:Antigens, Protozoan; D016054:DNA, Protozoan; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D016053:RNA, Protozoan; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S