期刊
VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES
卷 11, 期 11, 页码 1447-1451出版社
MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2010.0276
关键词
Babesia canis canis; Dermacentor reticulatus; Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Dogs; Slovakia
资金
- Operational Programme Research Development
- European Regional Development Fund
- Slovak Agency of Research and Development
- Scientific Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education of Slovak Republic [APVV 0108-06, LPP 0341-06]
- Slovak Academy of Sciences [2/0128/09]
Canine babesiosis was considered an imported tick transmitted disease until the first case of autochthonous canine babesiosis in Slovakia was described in 2002. Since then, the number of cases kept increasing every year. The causative agent of babesiosis in dogs is not yet characterized; therefore, the aim of our study was to determine the agent and the rate of infection in the vector tick D. reticulatus in Slovakia. Babesia canis canis was detected in 80 out of 87 blood samples from dogs with clinical manifestations of babesiosis. Six dogs suspected of babesiosis tested positive for presence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum, and one mixed infection of B. c. canis and A. phagocytophilum was detected. B. c. canis was detected in 35.6% questing adults of D. reticulatus. The obtained sequences from blood samples showed 99.7% and from D. reticulatus, 99.4% similarity with the B. c. canis (AY072926) from dogs infected in Croatia. In our study, we characterized the agent of canine babesiosis from blood samples of naturally infected dogs and D. reticulatus, the vector tick. Further, the presence of A. phagocytophilum, bacterium responsible for the canine granulocytic anaplasmosis, was recorded in dogs for the first time in Slovakia.
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