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Unveiling Hidden Threats: Molecular Detection and Genetic Diversity of Hepatozoon spp. and Toxoplasma Gondii in Wild Rodents of Saudi Arabia and Their Ectoparasites.
Acta parasitologica - 13 Jan 2026
Ijaz Maryam, Alghamdi Samia Q, Alanazi Abdullah D, Salim Mubashra, Naeem Muhammad, Ali Muhammad, Mukhtiar Shabana, Abass Kasim Sakran, Muqaddas Hira, Khan Adil, Iqbal Furhan
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PURPOSE: Present investigation was designed to report the PCR based presence of Hepatozoon spp., Plasmodium spp., Haemoproteus spp., Leucocytozoan spp., Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum nd phylogenetic diversity of detected pathogens in the blood samples of four wild rodent species (Meriones rex, Acomys dimidiatus, Myomys yemeni and Rattus rattus). Ectoparasites infesting these rodents were also reported....
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