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Don't let sleeping dogs lie: unravelling the identity and taxonomy of Babesia canis, Babesia rossi and Babesia vogeli

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PARASITES & VECTORS
Volume 13, Issue 1, Pages -

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BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s13071-020-04062-w

Keywords

Babesia canis; Babesia rossi; Babesia vogeli; Canine babesiosis; Dermacentor reticulatus; Haemaphysalis elliptica; History; Rhipicephalus sanguineus

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  1. Bayer Animal Health

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For most of the 20th century the causative agent of canine babesiosis, wherever it occurred in the world, was commonly referred to as Babesia canis. Early research, from the 1890s to the 1930s, had shown that there were three distinctly different vector-specific parasite entities occurring in specific geographical regions, that host response to infection ranged from subclinical to acute, and that immunity to one stock of the parasite did not necessarily protect against infection with other stocks. This substantial body of knowledge was overlooked or ignored for 50 years. In this review the first records and descriptions of the disease in four geographical regions were traced: sub-Saharan Africa, Europe, North Africa and Asia. Research leading to identification of the specific tick vector species involved is documented. Evidence is given of the growing realisation that there were substantial biological differences between stocks originating from different geographical regions. Etymological provenance for Babesia vogeli is proposed.

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