Transmission of Hepatozoon americanum (Apicomplexa: Adeleorina) by Ixodids (Acari: Ixodidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 631-634

  Ewing, S A ^a   Mathew, J S ^a,b   Panciera, R J ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyomma; Hepatozoon; Ixodids; Rhipicephalus; Tick borne; Vector

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ADELEORINA; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; AMBLYOMMA MACULATUM; APICOMPLEXA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; HEPATOZOON; HEPATOZOON AMERICANUM; INVERTEBRATA; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS;

ANIMAL; APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; DERMACENTOR; DOG; FEMALE; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TICK;

ANIMALS; APICOMPLEXA; DERMACENTOR; DOGS; FEMALE; IXODIDAE; MALE;

EID: 0036636880     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-39.4.631     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. Baneth, G., A., Harmelin, and B. Z. Presentey. 1995. Hepatozoon canis infection in two dogs. J. Am. Vet. Med. Assoc. 206: 1891-1894.
2. Baneth, G., M. Samish, E. Alekseev, I. Aroch, and V. Shkap. 2001. Transmission of Hepatozoon canis by naturally-fed or percutaneoulsly-injected Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks. J. Parasitol. 87: 606-611.
3. Bishopp, F. C., and H. Hixson. 1936. Biology and economic importance of the Gulf Coast tick. J. Econ. Entomol. 29: 1068-1076.
4. Bishopp, F. C., and H. L. Trembly. 1945. Distribution and hosts of certain North American ticks. J. Parasitol. 31: 1-54.
5. Christophers, S. R. 1907. The sexual life cycle of Leuocytozoon canis in the tick. Scientific Memoirs by the Officers of the Medical and Sanitary Departments of the Government of India 28: 1-11.
6. Christophers, S. R. 1912. The development of Leucocytozoon canis in the tick with a reference to the development of Piroplasma. Parasitology 5: 37-48.
7. Craig, T. M. 1998. Hepatozoonosis, pp. 458-465. In C. E. Greene (ed.) Infectious diseases of the dog and cat, 2nd ed. Saunders, Philadelphia, PA.
8. Craig, T. M., J. E. Smallwood, K. W. Knauer, and J. P. McGrath. 1978. Hepatozoon canis infection in dogs. Clinical, radiographic and hematologic findings. J. Am. Vet. Med. Assoc. 173: 967-972.
9. Ewing, S. A., R. J. Panciera, J. S. Mathew, C. A. Cummings, and A. A. Kocan. 2000. American canine hepatozoonosis: an emerging disease in the New World. In Tropical veterinary diseases. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 916: 81-92.
10. Ewing, S. A., J. G. DuBois, J. S. Mathew, and R. J. Panciera. 2002. Larval Gulf Coast ticks (Amblyomma maculatum) [Acari: Ixodidae] as host for Hepatozoon americanum [Apicomplexa: Adeleorina]. Vet. Parasitol. 103: 43-51.
11. Hixson, H. 1940. Field biology and environmental relationships of Amblyomma maculatum in southern Georgia. J. Econ. Entomol. 33: 179-189.
12. Kocan, A. A., M. Breshears, C. A. Cummings, R. J. Panciera, S. A. Ewing, and R. W. Barker. 1999. Naturally occurring hepatozoonosis in coyotes from Oklahoma. J. Wildl. Dis. 35: 86-89.
13. Kocan, A. A., C. A. Cummings, R. J. Panciera, J. S. Mathew, S. A. Ewing, and R. W. Barker. 2000. Naturally occurring and experimentally transmitted Hepatozoon americanum in coyotes from Oklahoma. J. Wildl. Dis. 36: 149-153.
14. Krull, W. H. 1969. Notes in veterinary parasitology. The University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, KS.
15. Mathew, J. S., S. A. Ewing, R. J. Panciera, and J. P. Woods. 1998. Experimental transmission of Hepatozoon americanum Vincent-Johnson et al. 1997 to dogs by the Gulf Coast tick. Amblyomma maculatum Koch. Vet. Parasitol. 80: 1-14.
16. Mathew, J. S., S. A. Ewing, R. J. Panciera, and K. M. Kocan. 1999. Sporogonic development of Hepatozoon americanum (Apicomplexa) in its definitive host, Amblyomma maculatum (Acarina). J. Parasitol. 85: 1023-1031.
17. Mathew, J. S., R. A. Van Den Bussche, S. A. Ewing, J. R. Malayer, B. R. Latha, and R. J. Panciera. 2000. Phylogenetic relationships of Hepatozoon (Apicomplexa: Adeleorina) based on molecular, morphologic, and life-cycle characters. J. Parasitol. 86: 366-372.
18. Miller, R. J., J. E. George, F. Guerrero, L. Carpenter, and J. B. Welch. 2001. Characterization of acaricide resistance in Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Latreille) (Acari: Ixodidae) collected from the Corozal Army Veterinary Quarantine Center, Panama. J. Med. Entomol. 38: 298-302.
19. Murata, T., M. Inoue, Y. Taura, S. Nakama, H. Abe, and K. Fujisaki. 1995. Detection of Hepatozoon canis from ticks collected from the infected dogs. J. Vet. Med. Sci. 57: 111-112.
20. Mock, D. E. 1995. Gulf Coast ticks Amblyomma maculatum in Kansas. Kans. State Univ. Coop. Ext. Serv. Bull. 1995: 1-4.
21. Nordgren, R. M., and T. M. Craig. 1984. Experimental transmission of the Texas strain of Hepatozoon canis. Vet. Parasitol. 16: 207-214.
22. Panciera, R. J., S. A. Ewing, J. S. Mathew, C. A. Cummings, A. A. Kocan, M. A. Breshears, and J. C. Fox. 1998. Observations on tissue stages of Hepatozoon americanum in 19 naturally infected dogs. Vet. Parasitol. 78: 265-276.
23. Panciera, R. J., S. A. Ewing, J. S. Mathew, T. W. Lehenbauer, C. A. Cummings, and J. P. Woods. 1999. Canine hepatozoonosis: Comparison of lesions and parasites in skeletal muscle of dogs experimentally or naturally infected with Hepatozoon americanum. Vet. Parasitol. 82: 261-272.
24. Semtner, P. J., and J. A. Hair. 1973. Distribution, seasonal abundance and hosts of the Gulf Coast tick in Oklahoma. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 66: 1264-1268.
25. Vincent-Johnson, N. A., D. K. Macintire, D. S. Lindsay, S. D. Lenz, G. Baneth, and V. Shkap. 1997. A new Hepatozoon species from dogs: Description of the causative agent of canine hepatozoonosis in North America. J. Parasitol 83: 1165-1172.
26. Wiedl, S. 1981. A new distribution record for Amblyomma maculatum (Acari: Ixodidae). J. Med Entomol. 18: 170.