First evidence of tick-borne protozoan pathogens, Babesia sp. and Hepatozoon canis, in red foxes (vulpes vulpes) in Serbia
| العنوان: | First evidence of tick-borne protozoan pathogens, Babesia sp. and Hepatozoon canis, in red foxes (vulpes vulpes) in Serbia |
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| المؤلفون: | Aleksandra Penezić, Nickolas G. Kavallieratos, Darko Mihaljica, Salem Juwaid, Gorana Veinović, Duško Ćirović, Ratko Sukara, Snežana Tomanović |
| المصدر: | Acta Veterinaria Hungarica |
| بيانات النشر: | Akademiai Kiado Zrt., 2019. |
| سنة النشر: | 2019 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Male, Vulpes, 030231 tropical medicine, Babesia, Foxes, Zoology, Polymerase Chain Reaction, 030308 mycology & parasitology, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, red fox, parasitic diseases, medicine, Babesia vulpes, Animals, Protozoan Infections, Animal, 0303 health sciences, General Veterinary, biology, biology.organism_classification, medicine.disease, Epizootiology, 3. Good health, Hepatozoon, PCR, Canis, Tick-Borne Diseases, Babesia canis, Coinfection, Enzootic, Female, Hepatozoon canis, Apicomplexa, Serbia, Spleen |
| الوصف: | Tick-borne haematozoans cause severe diseases in domestic animals, and some of them have zoonotic potential. The results of previous studies in Europe point to the important role of foxes in natural endemic cycles of several tick-borne pathogens, including protozoa. The aim of the present research was to acquire information on the prevalence and distribution of tick-borne protozoan parasites among foxes in Serbia. Legally hunted foxes from 14 localities throughout Serbia were analysed. Spleen samples were collected from 129 animals and tested for the presence of Babesia spp. and Hepatozoon spp. by PCR. In total, 79/129 (61.2%) of the tested foxes were positive for H. canis, while the presence of two Babesia species was confirmed: B. vulpes (37/129, 28.7%) and B. canis (1/129, 0.8%). Coinfection with B. vulpes and H. canis was present in 26/129 (20.2%) foxes and one animal (1/129, 0.8%) was co-infected by B. canis and H. canis. The results of this study indicate the important role of foxes in the epizootiology of B. vulpes and H. canis in the Republic of Serbia and stress the need for further research to clarify all elements of the enzootic cycle of the detected pathogens, including other reservoirs, vectors, and transmission routes. |
| تدمد: | 1588-2705 0236-6290 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::568c334a2241f05cd1de4b70948b49b2Test https://doi.org/10.1556/004.2019.008Test |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....568c334a2241f05cd1de4b70948b49b2 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 15882705 02366290 |
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