title: First molecular detection of tick-borne pathogens in dogs from Jiangxi, China.
abstract: In this study, blood samples obtained from 162 dogs in Jiangxi, China, were employed in molecular screening of canine tick-borne pathogens by PCR and sequencing. Babesia spp. gene fragment was detected in 12 (7.41%) dogs. All samples were negative for Hepatozoon spp., Ehrlichia canis, Coxiella spp., Borrelia spp., Rickettsia spp. and Anaplasma platys. Species-specific PCR analysis further confirmed that 8 (4.94%) and 4 (2.47%) dogs were infected by Babesia canis vogeli and Babesia gibsoni, respectively. Based on our analyses, Babesia spp. infection in Jiangxi appeared not related to age, gender, breed, usage, activity and health status or tick infestation history of the dogs. This is the first molecular report of Babesia canis vogeli and Babesia gibsoni in dogs from Jiangxi, China.
authors.affiliation: National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080-8555, Japan.
authors.forename: Weiqing
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Mingming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Paul Franck Adjou
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Moumouni
authors.forename: Xiaoqing
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Artemis
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Efstratiou
authors.forename: Zhanbin
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yangqing
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Huiying
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tao
authors.forename: Huanping
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Guanbo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Zifen
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Aaron Edmund
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Ringo
authors.forename: Charoonluk
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jirapattharasate
authors.forename: Haiying
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Xuenan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xuan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001403:Babesia / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D001404:Babesiosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000469:parasitology; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000662:veterinary; D012337:RNA, Ribosomal, 18S / Q000235:genetics; D017282:Tick-Borne Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*
chemical_list: D012337:RNA, Ribosomal, 18S