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Genetic and Antigenic Evidence Supports the Separation ofHepatozoon canisandHepatozoon americanumat the Species Level
1 Mar 2000
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Recognition of Hepatozoon canis and Hepatozoon americanum as distinct species was supported by the results of Western immunoblotting of canine anti-H. canis and anti-H. americanum sera against H. canis gamonts. Sequence analysis of 368 bases near the 3' end of the 18S rRNA gene from each species revealed a pairwise difference of 13.59%.
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