Emergence of Babesia canis in southern England

Parasites & Vectors
Maria Del Mar Fernandez De MarcoNicholas Johnson

Abstract

The United Kingdom is considered free of autochthonous transmission of canine babesiosis although cases are reported in dogs associated with recent travel abroad. During the winter months of 2015/16, a cluster of cases of disease in dogs with signs suggestive of canine babesiosis were reported in Harlow, Essex. Babesia species were detected in dog blood samples by Giemsa staining of blood smears and by pan-piroplasm PCRs. Babesia species were also detected in extracts of tick DNA using pan-piroplasm PCRs. DNA sequencing and phylogenetic analysis was used to confirm the species of Babesia present in dog blood and tick samples. Tick species were identified by PCR-sequencing based on amplification of the cytochrome c oxidase subunit one (cox1) gene. Dermacentor reticulatus ticks were sampled from field sites in England and Wales. Blood smear analysis on samples taken from some of the affected dogs confirmed the presence of a large Babesia species within erythrocytes. A tick recovered from one of these cases was identified as Dermacentor reticulatus, a species with a limited distribution in England and Wales, but a known vector of canine babesiosis in continental Europe. Babesia canis was subsequently identified in blood samples ob...Continue Reading

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Datasets Mentioned

BETA
KM111283
KC902833
KY694436
KC207822

Methods Mentioned

BETA
light microscopy
PCR
PCRs
electrophoresis

Software Mentioned

BLAST
GenDoc
Sequencer
MEGAv
Lasergene
DNASTAR
Adobe Acrobat
Adobe Photoshop CS3

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