title: [Investigation on Babesia in ticks infested on police dogs in selected areas of China].
abstract: 399 tick specimens were collected from the body surface of police dogs in Chongqing municipality, provinces of Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi, Hebei, Henan, Shanxi, Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Nested-PCR and sequence testing were taken to investigate the prevalence of Babesia sp. in ticks. The results showed that Babesia vogeli was found in ticks infested on the body surface of police dogs, with a positive rate of 5.3%. The prevalence in Chongqing, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan and Zhejiang was 4/16, 3.6% (1/28), 12.5%(11/88), 3.3% (4/121) and 1/15, respectively. It suggested that there was a certain rate of infected ticks infested on the body suriface of police dogs, which contributed to the potential threat to staff. The prevention and control measures should be strengthened.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, MOH, WHO Collaborating Centre for Malaria, Schistosomiasis and Filariasis, Shanghai 200025, China.
authors.forename: Fu-Rong
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Qin-Xian
authors.initials: QX
authors.lastname: Lan
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Jun-Hua
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: Qin
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001403:Babesia / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001404:Babesiosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D004285:Dogs / Q000469:parasitology*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013987:Ticks / Q000469:parasitology*