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Molecular detection of tick-borne protozoan parasites in a population of domestic cats in midwestern Brazil.
Ticks and tick-borne diseases - 1 Jul 2016
Braga Ísis Assis, de Souza Ramos Dirceu Guilherme, Marcili Arlei, Melo Andréia Lima Tomé, Taques Isis Indaiara Gonçalves Granjeiro, Amude Alexandre Mendes, Chitarra Cristiane Silva, Nakazato Luciano, Dutra Valéria, de Campos Pacheco Richard, Aguiar Daniel Moura
Abstract excerpt
Some tick-borne pathogens that infect domestic cats have been considered emergent in veterinary medicine. Occurrences of Hepatozoon spp., Babesia spp. and Cytauxzoon spp. have been described in several regions of Brazil. This paper offers a comprehensive analysis of the 18S rRNA gene of a Hepatozoon sp. strain detected in domestic cats in the metropolitan area of Cuiabá, in Midwestern Brazil. Based on a molecular...
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