Molecular confirmation of Hepatozoon canis in Mauritius

Aikaterini Alexandra Daskalaki; Angela Monica Ionică; Keshav Jeetah; Călin Mircea Gherman; Andrei Daniel Mihalca

doi:10.1016/j.actatropica.2017.10.005

Molecular confirmation of Hepatozoon canis in Mauritius

Acta Trop. 2018 Jan:177:116-117. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2017.10.005. Epub 2017 Oct 9.

Authors

Aikaterini Alexandra Daskalaki¹, Angela Monica Ionică², Keshav Jeetah³, Călin Mircea Gherman⁴, Andrei Daniel Mihalca⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Calea Mănăștur nr. 3-5, 400372, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Electronic address: daskalaki.katerina@usamvcluj.ro.
² Department of Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Calea Mănăștur nr. 3-5, 400372, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Electronic address: ionica.angela@usamvcluj.ro.
³ Department of Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Calea Mănăștur nr. 3-5, 400372, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Electronic address: kjeetah@gmail.com.
⁴ Department of Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Calea Mănăștur nr. 3-5, 400372, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Electronic address: calin.gherman@usamvcluj.ro.
⁵ Department of Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Calea Mănăștur nr. 3-5, 400372, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Electronic address: amihalca@usamvcluj.ro.

PMID: 29024615
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2017.10.005

Abstract

In this study, Hepatozoon species was molecularly identified and characterized for the first time on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius. Partial sequences of the 18S rRNA gene of the Hepatozoon isolates were analysed from three naturally infected dogs. The sequences of H. canis were similar to the 18S rRNA partial sequences (JX112783, AB365071 99%) from dog blood samples from West Indies and Nigeria. Our sequences were deposited in the GenBank database.

Keywords: Dogs; Hepatozoon canis; Mauritius; Tick-borne.

MeSH terms

Animals
Canidae / parasitology*
Coccidiosis / parasitology*
Coccidiosis / veterinary*
Dog Diseases / parasitology*
Dogs
Eucoccidiida / genetics*
Eucoccidiida / parasitology*
Indian Ocean
Mauritius
Polymerase Chain Reaction / veterinary*