Questing for the identity of Hepatozoon in foxes

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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Questing for the identity of Hepatozoon in foxes
Original language description
Apicomplexan parasites of genus Hepatozoon invade the blood cells of many mammalian species, being transmitted by range of arthropods. In domestic carnivores, three species of Hepatozoon were described to date: H. canis and H. americanum in dogs and H. felis in cats. The classification of Hepatozoon in wild carnivores is still not complete due to lack of field and experimental data as well as phylogenetic studies. The aim of this study is to carry out a survey on the prevalence and diversity of Hepatozoon sp. in red foxes Vulpes vulpes. Samples of tissues were collected from dead foxes in 11 counties of Romania; 91 samples of liver tissue were examined in total. DNA extraction was performed with commercial kit according to the manufacture's protocol. Hepatozoon sp. DNA was detected by PCR using primers amplifying 400-600 bp long part of 18S rRNA gene. These primers are commonly used for diagnostic purposes in dogs and in some studies also for detection of Hepatozoon sp. in wild carnivo
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Publication year
2014
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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