Canine hepatozoonosis:: two disease syndromes caused by separate Hepatozoon spp.

被引：172

作者：

Baneth, G

Mathew, JS

Shkap, V

Macintire, DK

Barta, JR

Ewing, SA

机构：

[1] Hebrew Univ Jerusalem, Sch Vet Med, IL-76100 Rehovot, Israel

[2] Merck & Co Inc, Somerville, NJ 07950 USA

[3] Kimron Vet Inst, Dept Parasitol, Bet Dagan, Israel

[4] Auburn Univ, Coll Vet Med, Auburn, AL 36849 USA

[5] Univ Guelph, Ontario Vet Coll, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada

[6] Oklahoma State Univ, Coll Vet Med, Stillwater, OK 74078 USA

来源：

TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY | 2003年 / 19卷 / 01期

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D O I：

10.1016/S1471-4922(02)00016-8

中图分类号：

R38 [医学寄生虫学]; Q [生物科学];

学科分类号：

07 [理学]; 0710 [生物学]; 09 [农学]; 100103 [病原生物学];

摘要：

Hepatozoonosis is caused by apicomplexan haemoparasites of the genus Hepatozoon, which are closely related to Plasmodium spp. and piroplasms. Recent research revealed that two tick-borne Hepatozoon spp. infect dogs and cause distinct syndromes. Comparisons of these related species illustrates that whereas Hepatozoon canis appears to be well adapted to its canine host, Hepatozoon americanum, an emerging pathogen producing severe and frequently fatal myositis, is highly virulent and might have recently crossed the species barrier from a wild host.

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Genetic and antigenic evidence supports the separation of Hepatozoon canis and Hepatozoon americanum at the species level [J].