Infection with a Proposed New Subspecies of Babesia canis , Babesia canis subsp. presentii , in Domestic Cats
| Autor: | Varda Shkap, Yigal Anug, Amos Levy, M. J. Kenny, Gad Baneth, Séverine Tasker, Susan E. Shaw |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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Microbiology (medical) Genotype biology Babesia Babesiosis DNA Protozoan Ribosomal RNA Subspecies Cat Diseases biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Virology 18S ribosomal RNA Clinical Veterinary Microbiology Canis Cats RNA Ribosomal 18S Babesia canis medicine Animals Internal transcribed spacer Phylogeny |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 42:99-105 |
| ISSN: | 1098-660X 0095-1137 |
| DOI: | 10.1128/jcm.42.1.99-105.2004 |
| Popis: | Parasitemia with a large Babesia species was identified in two domestic cats from Israel. One cat, also coinfected with feline immunodeficiency virus and “ Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum,” had profound icterus and anemia which resolved after therapy, whereas a second cat was an asymptomatic carrier. Amplification and sequencing of the 18S rRNA gene, followed by phylogenetic analyses, indicated that infection was caused by Babesia canis . However, the sequences of the internal transcribed and 5.8S rRNA regions of the ribosomal operon used for subspeciation of B. canis were markedly different from the recognized subspecies of B. canis , which include B. canis vogeli , B. canis canis , and B. canis rossi . Based on phylogenetic comparisons of the 18S rRNA gene, 5.8S, and internal transcribed spacer sequences of the isolates from the cats and on the smaller sizes of the merozoite and trophozoite stages of this parasite, which distinguish it from the subspecies of B. canis present in dogs, we propose to identify the novel feline genotype of B. canis described in the present study as a new subspecies, B. canis subsp. presentii . |
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