Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Detection of Babesia hongkongensis sp. nov. in a free-roaming Felis catus cat in Hong Kong.
- Journal:
- Journal of clinical microbiology
- Year:
- 2012
- Authors:
- Wong, Samson S Y et al.
- Affiliation:
- Department of Microbiology
- Species:
- cat
Abstract
Intraerythrocytic Babesia-like trophozoites were seen in postmortem kidney sections of a free-roaming cat in Hong Kong. DNA sequences of the 18S rRNA and mitochondrial cytochrome b genes had only 96.7% and 90.4% nucleotide identity with known Babesia sequences. We propose that this new species be named Babesia hongkongensis.
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