2005•Clinical and Vaccine ImmunologyOpen access
Detection ofBabesia canis rossi,B. canis vogeli, andHepatozoon canisin Dogs in a Village of Eastern Sudan by Using a Screening PCR and Sequencing Methodologies
Maremichi Oyamada, Bernard Davoust, Mickaël Boni, J. Dereure, Bruno Bucheton, Awad Hammad, Kazuhito ITAMOTO, Masaru Okuda, Hisashi INOKUMA
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Abstract
Babesia and Hepatozoon infections of dogs in a village of eastern Sudan were analyzed by using a single PCR and sequencing. Among 78 dogs, 5 were infected with Babesia canis rossi and 2 others were infected with B. canis vogeli. Thirty-three dogs were positive for Hepatozoon. Hepatozoon canis was detected by sequence analysis.