The identification of a genetically unique piroplasma in North American river otters (Lontra canadensis)

Parasitology

Volumn 134, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 631-635

  Birkenheuer, A J ^a,b   Harms, C A ^a,b   Neel, J ^a   Marr, H S ^a   Tucker, M D ^a   Acton, A E ^a,b   Tuttle, A D ^a,b   Stoskopf, M K ^a,b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Environmental Medicine Consortium   (United States)

Author keywords

Babesia; North American river otter; PCR; Phylogenetics

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA 18S;

ARTICLE; BABESIA MICROTI; CARNIVORA; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ERYTHROCYTE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LONTRA CANADENSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BABESIA; BASE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NORTH AMERICA; OTTERS; PHYLOGENY; RIVERS; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S;

BABESIA; BABESIA MICROTI; LONTRA CANADENSIS; LUTRA CANADENSIS; LUTRINAE;

EID: 34249725062     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182006002095     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Biocca, E. and Corradetti, A. (1952). Babesia missirolii n. sp., a badger (Meles taxus) parasite. Annali dell'Istituto superiore di sanità 15, 312-314.
2. Birkenheuer, A. J., Levy, M. G. and Breitschwerdt, E. B. (2003). Development and evaluation of a seminested PCR for detection and differentiation of Babesia gibsoni (Asian genotype) and B. canis DNA in canine blood samples. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 41, 4172-4177.
3. Goethert, H. K. and Telford, S. R. 3rd (2003). What is Babesia microti? Parasitology 127, 301-309.
4. Kimber, K. R. and Kollias, G. V. 2nd (2000). Infectious and parasitic diseases and contaminant-related problems of North American river otters (Lontra canadensis): a review. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 31, 452-472.
5. Lebedeff, W. and Tscharnotzky, A. (1911). Ein neuer Parasit im Blute des Iltis, Microsoma mustelae. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene. Zweite naturwissenschaftliche Abt.: Allgemeine, landwirtschaftliche und technische Mikrobiologie 58, 625-631.
6. Levine, N. D. (1988). The Protozoan Phylum Apicomplexa. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Fl, USA.
7. Levy, M. G. and Ristic, M. (1980). Babesia bovis: continuous cultivation in a microaerophilous stationary phase culture. Science 207, 1218-1220.
8. Peirce, M. A., Bray, R. S., Ashford, R. W. and Garnham, P. C. C. (1972). A piroplasm of the zorilla (Ictonyx striatus) [Babesia roubaudi-Ed.]. Bulletin de la Société de pathologie exotique et de ses filiales 65, 663-668.
9. Penzhorn, B. L. (2006). Babesiosis of wild carnivores and ungulates. Veterinary Parasitology 138, 11-21.
10. Tocidlowski, M. E., Spelman, L. H., Sumner, P. W. and Stoskopf, M. K. (2000). Hematology and serum biochemistry parameters of North American river otters (Lontra canadensis). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 31, 484-490.
11. Zahler, M., Rinder, H., Schein, E. and Gothe, R. (2000). Detection of a new pathogenic Babesia microti-like species in dogs. Veterinary Parasitology 89, 241-248.