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Infection with a proposed new subspecies of Babesia canis, Babesia canis subsp. presentii, in domestic cats.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jan 2004
Baneth Gad, Kenny Martin J, Tasker Séverine, Anug Yigal, Shkap Varda, Levy Amos, Shaw Susan E
Abstract excerpt
Parasitemia with a large Babesia species was identified in two domestic cats from Israel. One cat, also coinfected with feline immunodeficiency virus and "Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum," had profound icterus and anemia which resolved after therapy, whereas a second cat was an asymptomatic carrier. Amplification and sequencing of the 18S rRNA gene, followed by phylogenetic analyses, indicated that infection...
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