Detection of Babesia hongkongensis sp. nov. in a free-roaming Felis catus cat in Hong Kong.
Intraerythrocytic Babesia-like trophozoites were seen in postmortem kidney sections of a free-roaming cat in Hong Kong. DNA sequences of the 18S rRNA and mitochondrial cytochrome b genes had only 96.7% and 90.4% nucleotide identity with known Babesia sequences. We propose that this new species be named Babesia hongkongensis.
State Key Laboratory for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Research Centre for Infection and Immunology, The University of Hong Kong.
Samson S Y
SS
Wong
Rosana W S
RW
Poon
Janet J Y
JJ
Hui
Kwok-Yung
KY
Yuen
D000818:Animals; D001403:Babesia / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001404:Babesiosis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D002415:Cats; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D045303:Cytochromes b / Q000235:genetics; D016054:DNA, Protozoan / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000469:parasitology; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006723:Hong Kong; D007668:Kidney / Q000469:parasitology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D016053:RNA, Protozoan / Q000235:genetics; D012337:RNA, Ribosomal, 18S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
D016054:DNA, Protozoan; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D016053:RNA, Protozoan; D012337:RNA, Ribosomal, 18S; D045303:Cytochromes b