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Diagnosis of Hepatozoon canis in young dogs by cytology and PCR

BACKGROUND: Hepatozoon canis is a widespread tick-borne protozoan affecting dogs. The diagnosis of H. canis infection is usually performed by cytology of blood or buffy coat smears, but this method may not be sensitive. Our study aimed to evaluate the best method to achieve a parasitological diagnos...

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Autores principales: Otranto, Domenico, Dantas-Torres, Filipe, Weigl, Stefania, Latrofa, Maria Stefania, Stanneck, Dorothee, Decaprariis, Donato, Capelli, Gioia, Baneth, Gad
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3083373/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21489247
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-4-55