The first report of hepatozoon canis identified in vulpes vulpes and Ticks from Italy

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 855-859

  Gabrielli, Simona ^a   Kumlien, Susanna ^b   Calderini, Pietro ^b   Brozzi, Alberto ^b   Iori, Albertina ^a   Cancrini, Gabriella ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE REGIONI LAZIO E TOSCANA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Foxes; Hepatozoon; Italy; Microscopy; Molecular diagnostics; Phylogenetic tree; Ticks

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DOG; ENVIRONMENT; FOX; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HEPATOZOONOSIS; HOST; ITALY; IXODES RICINUS; MICROSCOPE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPAIN; SPLEEN; TICK;

ANIMALS; COCCIDIOSIS; EUCOCCIDIIDA; FOXES; ITALY; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SPLEEN; TICKS;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; HEPATOZOON; HEPATOZOON CANIS; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 78649376259     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2009.0182     Document Type: Article

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