Clinicopathological and molecular profiles of Babesia vogeli infection and Ehrlichia canis coinfection.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aim

Canine babesiosis, a tick-borne parasitic disease, is caused by the hemoprotozoa, Babesia vogeli, and Babesia gibsoni. Infection with these parasites, which is endemic globally, leads to life-threatening immunosuppression in dogs. The merozoites invade the red blood cells (RBCs) of infected dogs. Ehrlichia canis, an intracellular bacterium that infects monocytes, is transmitted by the same tick species (Rhipicephalus sanguineus) during blood consumption and coinfection with B. vogeli and E. canis has been reported. Although the hematology and biochemistry of canine babesiosis have been studied, more studies are needed to develop a better understanding of the hematobiochemical and molecular profiles associated with cases o

SUBMITTER: Rawangchue T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7429385 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature