Attipa Charalampos, Maguire David, Solano-Gallego Laia, Szladovits Balazs, Barker Emily N, Farr Alison, Baneth Gad, Tasker Séverine
Diagnostic Laboratories, Langford Vets, Bristol Veterinary School, University of Bristol, Langford, UK.
Department of Pathobiology and Population Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, University of London, Hatfield, UK.
Vet Rec. 2018 Dec 15;183(23):716. doi: 10.1136/vr.105087. Epub 2018 Nov 21.
An increasing number of non-endemic vectorborne pathogens have been described in dogs imported to the UK in the past two decades. Recently, an outbreak of canine babesiosis in south-east England has raised veterinary awareness with regard to the impact of such diseases on the UK canine population. Canine hepatozoonosis, caused by and transmitted by the ingestion of ticks, is widespread in the Mediterranean basin. Herein we describe the first three molecularly confirmed clinical cases of canine hepatozoonosis in dogs imported into the UK. Veterinarians in the UK should be aware of as a potential infection in imported dogs, especially in the face of the expanding distribution of ticks in Europe.
在过去二十年中，越来越多非本地的媒介传播病原体在被进口到英国的犬只中被发现。最近，英格兰东南部爆发的犬巴贝斯虫病引起了兽医界对这类疾病对英国犬类种群影响的关注。由肝簇虫引起并通过摄入蜱传播的犬肝簇虫病在地中海盆地广泛存在。在此，我们描述了首批三例分子确诊的、被进口到英国的犬只感染犬肝簇虫病的临床病例。英国的兽医应意识到肝簇虫病是进口犬只中一种潜在的感染源，特别是鉴于蜱在欧洲的分布范围不断扩大。
