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Cytauxzoonosis in North America [PDF]
Pathogens, 2021 Cytauxzoonosis is an emerging tick-borne disease of domestic and wild felids produced by infection of Cytauxzoon felis, an apicomplexan protozoan similar to Theileria spp.
Ruth C Scimeca +2 more
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A Serodiagnostic IgM ELISA to Detect Acute Cytauxzoonosis [PDF]
Pathogens, 2022 Cytauxzoonosis is a tick-borne infectious disease affecting domestic cats with high mortality and limited treatment modalities. Because early diagnosis and therapeutic intervention are crucial to survival of infected cats, the objective of this study was
Craig Miller, Mason Reichard
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A Novel Vaccine Strategy to Prevent Cytauxzoonosis in Domestic Cats [PDF]
Vaccines, 2023 Cytauxzoonosis is caused by Cytauxzoon felis (C. felis), a tick-borne parasite that causes severe disease in domestic cats in the United States. Currently, there is no vaccine to prevent this fatal disease, as traditional vaccine development strategies ...
Ruth C Scimeca, Craig Miller, Lin Liu
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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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Acute Cytauxzoon felis Cases in Domestic Cats from Eastern Kansas, a Retrospective Case-Control Study (2006–2019) [PDF]
Veterinary Sciences, 2020 Cytauxzoon felis, a tick-borne hemoprotozoal pathogen of felids, causes an acute, often-fatal disease in domestic cats. While public awareness of the disease has increased, few studies have evaluated the incidence of acute cytauxzoonosis cases and their ...
Yvonne M. Wikander +2 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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A novel candidate vaccine for cytauxzoonosis inferred from comparative apicomplexan genomics. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Cytauxzoonosis is an emerging infectious disease of domestic cats (Felis catus) caused by the apicomplexan protozoan parasite Cytauxzoon felis. The growing epidemic, with its high morbidity and mortality points to the need for a protective vaccine ...
Jaime L Tarigo +12 more
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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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Second illness due to subsequent infection in a domestic cat [PDF]
Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery Open Reports, 2020 Case summary A castrated male domestic shorthair cat from a wooded area in Missouri had recovered from typical severe cytauxzoonosis at 4 years of age, after intensive in-hospital supportive care and administration of atovaquone and azithromycin.
Leah A Cohn +3 more
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An analysis of companion animal tick encounters as revealed by photograph‐based crowdsourced data
Veterinary Medicine and Science, Volume 7, Issue 6, Page 2198-2208, November 2021., 2021 Crowdsourced data reveal that mostly adult ticks are spotted on pets, and that they are detected later in the blood‐feeding process than were ticks attached to humans, putting pets at heightened risk for tick‐borne disease transmission. The doubling of reports of ticks found on pets during autumn and winter may reveal a critical knowledge gap amongst ...
Heather L. Kopsco +2 more
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