Detection of Babesia canis rossi, B. canis vogeli, and Hepatozoon canis in dogs in a village of eastern Sudan by using a screening PCR and sequencing methodologies.
Babesia and Hepatozoon infections of dogs in a village of eastern Sudan were analyzed by using a single PCR and sequencing. Among 78 dogs, 5 were infected with Babesia canis rossi and 2 others were infected with B. canis vogeli. Thirty-three dogs were positive for Hepatozoon. Hepatozoon canis was detected by sequence analysis.
Oyamada
Maremichi
M
Faculty of Agriculture, Yamaguchi University, Japan
Davoust
Bernard
B
Boni
Mickaël
M
Dereure
Jacques
J
Bucheton
Bruno
B
Hammad
Awad
A
Itamoto
Kazuhito
K
Okuda
Masaru
M
Inokuma
Hisashi
H
D000818:Animals; D001403:Babesia / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001404:Babesiosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary; D003044:Coccidia / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology / Q000469:parasitology; D004285:Dogs; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013397:Sudan