Detection of Hepatozoon canis in the Brown Dog Tick and Domestic Dogs in Peninsular Malaysia.

Autor: Prakash BK; Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., Low VL; Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Centre (TIDREC), University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., Tan TK; Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., Vinnie-Siow WY; Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., Lim YA; Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., Morvarid AR; Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Centre (TIDREC), University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., Azman AS; Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Centre (TIDREC), University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., Yeong YS; Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Centre (TIDREC), University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., AbuBakar S; Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Centre (TIDREC), University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.; Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., Sofian-Azirun M; Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of medical entomology [J Med Entomol] 2018 Aug 29; Vol. 55 (5), pp. 1346-1348.
DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjy081
Abstrakt: Hepatozoon canis has been widely reported in dogs. Its prevalence in ticks, however, has not been well-established. Here we determine the occurrence of Hepatozoon DNA in the brown dog tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Latreille) (Acari: Ixodidae) sensu lato (s.l.) and domestic dogs from Peninsular Malaysia using a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay based on amplification of the 18S ribosomal RNA coding sequence. Our results revealed a relatively low prevalence of H. canis DNA in both R. sanguineus s.l. (0.7%) and dogs (3.33%). This study represents the first report of H. canis DNA in R. sanguineus s.l. in Malaysia, highlighting the risk of this infection in dogs.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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