Cytauxzoon felis: An Overview [PDF]
Pathogens, 2023 Cytauxzoon felis is a tick-transmitted, obligate, hemoprotozoal, piroplasmid pathogen of felids and the causative agent of cytauxzoonosis. It has a complex life cycle which includes a tick as its definitive host and a felid as its intermediate host ...
Yvonne M. Wikander, Kathryn E. Reif
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Cytauxzoon felis in salivary glands of Amblyomma americanum [PDF]
Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases, 2023 Cytauxzoon felis is a tick-borne piroplasmid hemoparasite that causes life-threatening disease in cats. Despite the critical role that ticks play in pathogen transmission, our knowledge regarding the C.
Tzushan S. Yang +7 more
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Transmission of Cytauxzoon felis to domestic cats by Amblyomma americanum nymphs [PDF]
Parasites & Vectors, 2019 Background Successful Cytauxzoon felis transmission studies have occurred using Amblyomma americanum adults acquisition-fed as nymphs on an experimentally infected domestic cat or Dermacentor variabilis adults fed as nymphs on a splenectomized bobcat ...
Kelly E. Allen +3 more
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Evaluation of various sample sources for the cytologic diagnosis of Cytauxzoon felis [PDF]
Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 2022 Background Cytauxzoon felis is a life‐threatening protozoan disease of cats. Identification of schizont‐laden macrophages is a point‐of‐care diagnostic test for acute cytauxzoonosis.
Casey R. Sleznikow +5 more
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Cytauxzoon felis Infection in Domestic Cats, Yunnan Province, China, 2016 [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2019 We performed a molecular survey for Cytauxzoon felis infection in 311 domestic cats in Yunnan Province, China, in 2016 and found a prevalence of 21.5%. C.
Feng-Cai Zou +6 more
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Prevalence of Cytauxzoon felis infection in healthy cats from enzootic areas in Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma [PDF]
Parasites and Vectors, 2015 Background Infection with Cytauxzoon felis in domestic cats can cause fever, lethargy, depression, inappetence, icterus, and often death. With a high mortality rate, cytauxzoonosis was historically considered a fatal disease.
Adam J Birkenheuer +2 more
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Two Tales of Cytauxzoon felis Infections in Domestic Cats. [PDF]
Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 2017 SUMMARYCytauxzoonosis is an emerging infectious disease that affects wild felids as well as the domestic cat; it is caused by the apicomplexan protozoan parasites belonging to the genusCytauxzoon.Cytauxzoonfelisis the species of major concern, whose transmission occurs via the bite of an infected tick.
Jin-Lei Wang, Guo-Hua Liu, Xing-Quan Zhu
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Prevalence of Cytauxzoon felis Infection-Carriers in Eastern Kansas Domestic Cats [PDF]
Pathogens, 2020 Cytauxzoon felis is a hemoprotozoal tick-transmitted pathogen of felids. Felids that survive acute disease often remain infected and serve as reservoirs for subsequent tick transmission to other susceptible felines.
Yvonne M. Wikander +3 more
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Fatal infection caused by Cytauxzoon felis in a captive-reared jaguar (Panthera onca) [PDF]
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2021 Fatal infections with Cytauxzoon felis are common in domestic cats, and jaguars (Panthera onca) are believed carriers of this protozoan. Fatal C. felis infections have never been described in jaguars before.
Carolina C. Guizelini +7 more
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Can Domestic Cats Act as Reservoirs of Cytauxzoon felis? [PDF]
Pathogens, 2023 Cytauxzoonosis is a worldwide tick-borne disease of domestic and wild felids, caused by infection of the haemoparasites belonging to the genus Cytauxzoon (Piroplasmida, Apicomplexa), which are apicomplexan protozoans closely related to those of the ...
Adrian Alberto Díaz-Sánchez +1 more
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