Acta Biomedica Scientifica (Jul 2018)

OCCURRENCE OF TICK-BORNE PATHOGENS IN STRAY DOGS FROM HAVANA, CUBA

  • B. G. Corona,
  • A. A. Díaz-Sánchez,
  • M. L. Meli,
  • E. V. Cañizares,
  • L. R. Arias,
  • Y. L. Dorta,
  • E. L. Rivero,
  • R. Hofmann-Lehmann

DOI
https://doi.org/10.29413/ABS.2018-3.4.25
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 4
pp. 158 – 159

Abstract

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The article presents the results of examination of stray dogs from Havana, Cuba for six ixodid tick-borne diseases. Analysis was carried out using real-time PCR. Overall 107 dogs, 95 (89.09 %) were infected. 41 dogs (38.31 %), 66 (61.68 %), 28 (26.17 %) and 40 (37.38 %) were found to be infected with Anaplasma platys, Ehrlichia canis, Rickettsia spp. and Hepatozoon canis, respectively. Sequence analysis of 16S rRNA and groEL genes for Rickettsia spp. revealed 99 % identity with Rickettsia felis. There were no dogs infected with A. phagocytophilum and Borrelia spp.

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