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Asymptomatic Babesia microti–like parasite infection in wild raccoon dogs (Nyctereutes procyonoides) in South Korea
- Source :
- Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 46:632-635
- Publication Year :
- 2010
- Publisher :
- Wildlife Disease Association, 2010.
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Abstract
- We describe asymptomatic piroplasmosis caused by a Babesia microti-like parasite in wild raccoon dogs (Nyctereutes procyonoides) diagnosed by blood smear and DNA analysis. This is the first description of natural B. microti-like parasite infection in raccoon dogs and suggests that the wild raccoon dog can be a source for B. microti-like parasite infection of domestic dogs and humans.
- Subjects :
- Male
animal diseases
Molecular Sequence Data
BABESIA MICROTI
Babesia microti
Asymptomatic
Babesiosis
Republic of Korea
parasitic diseases
medicine
Animals
Parasite hosting
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Ecology
biology
Sequence Analysis, RNA
Raccoon Dogs
bacterial infections and mycoses
biology.organism_classification
medicine.disease
Virology
Blood smear
Babesia
Female
medicine.symptom
RNA, Protozoan
Nyctereutes procyonoides
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00903558
- Volume :
- 46
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Wildlife Diseases
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....a271309e065788f2ddac3ab9b153a6b2