First autochthonous clinical case of Hepatozoon silvestris in a domestic cat in Italy with unusual presentation [PDF]
Parasites and Vectors, 2022 Hepatozoon spp. is the causative agent of a vector-borne parasitic disease in many animal species. In felids, Hepatozoon felis, Hepatozoon canis and Hepatozoon silvestris have been molecularly isolated.
Simone Morelli +2 more
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Fatal infection with emerging apicomplexan parasite Hepatozoon silvestris in a domestic cat [PDF]
Parasites and Vectors, 2018 Background Hepatozoon silvestris is an emerging apicomplexan parasite discovered in European wild cats from Bosnia and Herzegovina and blood samples of a domestic cat from Southern Italy in 2017.
Amer Alić, Walter Basso, Horst Posthaus
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Hepatozoon infections in domestic and wild Carnivora: etiology, prevalence, clinical disease, diagnosis and treatment, and redescription of Hepatozoon silvestris, H. martis, and H. ursi [PDF]
Parasites and VectorsHepatozoon spp. are common pathogens in dogs and other Carnivora in many parts of the world, especially in the tropics. There is considerable taxonomic debate concerning the Hepatozoon species infecting Carnivora.
Adnan Hodžić, Amer Alić, Gad Baneth
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Molecular epidemiological study on ticks and tick-borne protozoan parasites (Apicomplexa: Cytauxzoon and Hepatozoon spp.) from wild cats (Felis silvestris), Mustelidae and red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) in central Europe, Hungary [PDF]
Parasites and Vectors, 2022 Background Among live wild mammals adapted to urban and peri-urban habitats in Europe, members of the families Felidae, Mustelidae and Sciuridae deserve special attention as pathogen reservoirs because all of these families include members that are kept ...
Sándor Hornok +2 more
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Molecular analysis of blood-associated pathogens in European wildcats (Felis silvestris silvestris) from Germany [PDF]
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2022 European wildcats (Felis silvestris silvestris) have not been investigated in large numbers for blood-associated pathogens in Germany, because wildcats, being a protected species, may not be hunted, and the collection of samples is therefore difficult ...
Maria Sophia Unterköfler +11 more
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Molecular survey of Cytauxzoon spp. and Hepatozoon spp. in felids using a novel real-time PCR approach [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2023 Tick-transmitted apicomplexans of the genera Cytauxzoon and Hepatozoon affect a wide range of felids worldwide, but little is known about them. Recently, several studies addressed the species circulating in Europe, their distribution, and their hosts ...
Marika Grillini +10 more
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Cytauxzoon sp. and Hepatozoon spp. in Domestic Cats: A Preliminary Study in North-Eastern Italy [PDF]
Pathogens, 2021 Knowledge on the presence of Cytauxzoon sp. and Hepatozoon spp. in Italy is scant and mostly limited to a few areas of Northern and Southern regions, respectively.
Marika Grillini +7 more
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Molecular Genetics of <i>Hepatozoon canis</i> With a Note on Effect of Parasite on the Complete Blood Count Profile of Canine Hosts. [PDF]
Ecol EvolA total of 654 blood samples were collected from healthy dogs in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces in Pakistan and screened for the presence of Hepatozoon canis. Genetic diversity of the detected H. canis DNA, infection‐associated risk factors, and changes in the complete blood count of the host due to parasitic activity were also evaluated.
Rasool M +14 more
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Role of invasive carnivores (Procyon lotor and Nyctereutes procyonoides) in epidemiology of vector-borne pathogens: molecular survey from the Czech Republic [PDF]
Parasites & Vectors, 2023 Background Vector-borne pathogens (VBPs) are a major threat to humans, livestock and companion animals worldwide. The combined effect of climatic, socioeconomic and host composition changes favours the spread of the vectors, together with the expansion ...
Ondřej Daněk +7 more
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Challenging the Clinical Paradigm of Hepatozoon canis: A Primary Pathogen Causing Clinically Significant Disease at Low Parasitaemia and a Chronic Inflammatory State. [PDF]
Vet Med SciHepatozoon canis causes significant clinical disease even at low parasitaemia and induces chronic subclinical anaemia and inflammation in dogs. Lack of tick control is the main modifiable risk factor. Molecular diagnosis is far more sensitive than microscopy, challenging the traditional view that disease severity depends solely on parasite burden ...
Bahrami S +4 more
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