First molecular detection of Babesia canis in dogs from Bosnia and Herzegovina

First molecular detection of Babesia canis in dogs from Bosnia and Herzegovina

Babesia spp. are tick-transmitted protozoan haemoparasites of great economic, veterinary and medical impact worldwide. Herein we reported the very high prevalence of autochthonous babesiosis in symptomatic dogs from Bosnia and Herzegovina in the period from 2014 to 2016. Eighty dogs that did not lea...

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Veröffentlicht in:Ticks and tick-borne diseases 2018-02, Vol.9 (2), p.363-368
Hauptverfasser: Ćoralić, Agnesa, Gabrielli, Simona, Zahirović, Amir, Stojanović, Nikola M, Milardi, Giovanni Luigi, Jažić, Adnan, Zuko, Almedina, Čamo, Denis, Otašević, Suzana
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Zusammenfassung:Babesia spp. are tick-transmitted protozoan haemoparasites of great economic, veterinary and medical impact worldwide. Herein we reported the very high prevalence of autochthonous babesiosis in symptomatic dogs from Bosnia and Herzegovina in the period from 2014 to 2016. Eighty dogs that did not leave the country were examined using parasitological and molecular analyses and babesiosis was diagnosed in 82.5% and 85.0% of them, respectively (p 
ISSN:1877-959X
1877-9603
DOI:10.1016/j.ttbdis.2017.11.013