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Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 1872 Volume: 9 ; Start Page: 325 ; End Page ...
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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. Since its first description in 1976, C.
Yvonne M. Wikander, Kathryn E. Reif
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Parasites & Vectors, 2022 Background Fleas are the most economically significant blood-feeding ectoparasites worldwide. Ctenocephalides felis and Pulex irritans can parasitize various animals closely related to humans and are of high veterinary significance. Methods In this study,
Yu Zhang +5 more
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A Serodiagnostic IgM ELISA to Detect Acute Cytauxzoonosis
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
Yun-Fan Kao +6 more
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The epidemiology of Rickettsia felis infecting fleas of companion animals in eastern Australia
Parasites & Vectors, 2018 Background Flea-borne spotted fever (FBSF) caused by Rickettsia felis is an arthropod-borne zoonosis. This study aimed to determine the prevalence, primary species and genotype(s) of R. felis infecting fleas from dogs and cats.
Yen Thon Teoh +5 more
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Experimental infection of cats with Cystoisospora felis
Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 2021 Background Cystoisospora felis is a common parasite of cats and is diagnosed by fecal flotation, but false‐negative results can be common. Hypothesis/Objectives To experimentally inoculate cats with C.
Andrea V. Scorza +4 more
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Rickettsia felis (Rickettsiales: Rickettsiaceae) in Ctenocephalides felis felis (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) in the State of São Paulo, Brazil [PDF]
Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, 2005 Samples of 10 and 14 Ctenocephalides felis felis fleas were collected on dogs from Pedreira and Mogi das Cruzes municipalities, respectively, in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, for detection of Rickettsia spp. Individual fleas were submitted to Polymerase Chain Reaction targeting the 17-kDa and the 190-kDa (OmpA) genes of Rickettsiae.
Horta, M.C. +6 more
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Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection, 2023 Rickettsia felis is an emerging rickettsial agent principally associated with cat fleas (Ctenocephalides felis), formerly discovered in 1990. Since then, clinical cases of R.
Nicholas T. Minahan +2 more
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Pathogens, 2023 Among vector-borne protozoa Hepatozoon felis and Cytauxzoon europaeus are considered emerging species in felids in Europe. To investigate the presence of these two protozoa 127 domestic cats and 4 wildcats were screened by PCRs targeting the 18S rRNA ...
Barbara Tuska-Szalay +9 more
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Cytauxzoon felis in salivary glands of Amblyomma americanum
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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