Matjila P T, Penzhorn B L, Bekker C P J, Nijhof A M, Jongejan F
Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X04, 0110 Onderstepoort, South Africa.
Vet Parasitol. 2004 Jun 21;122(2):119-25. doi: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2004.03.019.
The prevalence of Babesia infections in domestic dogs in South Africa was studied using reverse line blot hybridization and 18S sequence analysis. Babesia canis vogeli was confirmed for the first time in domestic dogs in South Africa. Out of a total of 297 blood samples collected from domestic dogs in Bloemfontein, East London, Johannesburg, Durban and from the Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital, 31 were positive for Babesia canis rossi, whereas B. c. vogeli was detected in 13 dogs. None of the dogs carried both parasites. The detection of B. c. vogeli has implications with regard to prevalence and varied clinical manifestation of canine babesiosis in South Africa.
利用反向线印迹杂交和18S序列分析研究了南非家犬中巴贝斯虫感染的流行情况。首次在南非家犬中确诊了犬巴贝斯虫沃热亚种。在从布隆方丹、东伦敦、约翰内斯堡、德班的家犬以及翁德斯托普特兽医教学医院采集的总共297份血样中,31份对犬巴贝斯虫罗西亚种呈阳性,而在13只犬中检测到了犬巴贝斯虫沃热亚种。没有一只犬同时携带这两种寄生虫。犬巴贝斯虫沃热亚种的检测对于南非犬巴贝斯虫病的流行情况和不同临床表现具有重要意义。