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Genetic variability of Cytauxzoon felis from 88 infected domestic cats in Arkansas and Georgia.
Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation : official publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc - 1 Jan 2009
Brown Holly M, Berghaus Roy D, Latimer Kenneth S, Britt James O, Rakich Pauline M, Peterson David S
Abstract excerpt
Although cytauxzoonosis has historically been nearly 100% fatal in domestic cats, increasing number of reports of infected cats that demonstrate less-severe disease suggest the existence of different strains of Cytauxzoon felis. To test this hypothesis, the genetic variability of C. felis was examined in blood samples from naturally infected domestic cats from Arkansas and Georgia by using the first and second...
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