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Babesia capensis sp. nov. – Description of a Babesia species causing disease in domestic cats from South Africa

2026-07-07

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<title>Abstract</title> <p> Introduction: A large-form piroplasm that caused disease in domestic cats in the Western Cape Province in South Africa was provisionally termed <italic>Babesia</italic> sp. Western Cape. The aim of this study was to characterize and formally name this novel piroplasm. Methods Blood samples from infected domestic cats were evaluated for piroplasmid infection by microscopy of staine...

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Literature Corpus work: 25585c35-bffe-5243-91a9-f0385c62ef3b
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-10195356/v1

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