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Canine tick-borne pathogens in Cyprus and a unique canine case of multiple co-infections

Canine tick-borne pathogens such as Ehrlichia canis and Hepatozoon canis are widespread in the Mediterranean basin but have never been reported or investigated in Cyprus. We describe herein the presence of canine tick-borne pathogens in three dogs with clinical signs compatible with vector-borne dis...

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Autores principales: Attipa, Charalampos, Hicks, Chelsea A.E., Barker, Emily N., Christodoulou, Vasiliki, Neofytou, Kyriaki, Mylonakis, Mathios E., Siarkou, Victoria I., Vingopoulou, Elpida I., Soutter, Francesca, Chochlakis, Dimosthenis, Psaroulaki, Anna, Papasouliotis, Kostas, Tasker, Séverine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5315763/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28089651
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2016.12.006
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author Attipa, Charalampos
Hicks, Chelsea A.E.
Barker, Emily N.
Christodoulou, Vasiliki
Neofytou, Kyriaki
Mylonakis, Mathios E.
Siarkou, Victoria I.
Vingopoulou, Elpida I.
Soutter, Francesca
Chochlakis, Dimosthenis
Psaroulaki, Anna
Papasouliotis, Kostas
Tasker, Séverine
author_facet Attipa, Charalampos
Hicks, Chelsea A.E.
Barker, Emily N.
Christodoulou, Vasiliki
Neofytou, Kyriaki
Mylonakis, Mathios E.
Siarkou, Victoria I.
Vingopoulou, Elpida I.
Soutter, Francesca
Chochlakis, Dimosthenis
Psaroulaki, Anna
Papasouliotis, Kostas
Tasker, Séverine
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description Canine tick-borne pathogens such as Ehrlichia canis and Hepatozoon canis are widespread in the Mediterranean basin but have never been reported or investigated in Cyprus. We describe herein the presence of canine tick-borne pathogens in three dogs with clinical signs compatible with vector-borne diseases from Paphos area of Cyprus. Molecular and phylogenetic analysis revealed the presence of E. canis, Anaplasma platys, H. canis, Babesia vogeli and Mycoplasma haemocanis in Cyprus. One dog co-infected with E. canis, H. canis, B. vogeli and M. haemocanis is, to the best of our knowledge, the first report of this multiple co-infection in dogs. The tick-borne pathogens reported in the current study should be considered in the differential diagnoses in dogs exposed to ticks in Cyprus.
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spelling pubmed-53157632017-03-01 Canine tick-borne pathogens in Cyprus and a unique canine case of multiple co-infections Attipa, Charalampos Hicks, Chelsea A.E. Barker, Emily N. Christodoulou, Vasiliki Neofytou, Kyriaki Mylonakis, Mathios E. Siarkou, Victoria I. Vingopoulou, Elpida I. Soutter, Francesca Chochlakis, Dimosthenis Psaroulaki, Anna Papasouliotis, Kostas Tasker, Séverine Ticks Tick Borne Dis Short Communication Canine tick-borne pathogens such as Ehrlichia canis and Hepatozoon canis are widespread in the Mediterranean basin but have never been reported or investigated in Cyprus. We describe herein the presence of canine tick-borne pathogens in three dogs with clinical signs compatible with vector-borne diseases from Paphos area of Cyprus. Molecular and phylogenetic analysis revealed the presence of E. canis, Anaplasma platys, H. canis, Babesia vogeli and Mycoplasma haemocanis in Cyprus. One dog co-infected with E. canis, H. canis, B. vogeli and M. haemocanis is, to the best of our knowledge, the first report of this multiple co-infection in dogs. The tick-borne pathogens reported in the current study should be considered in the differential diagnoses in dogs exposed to ticks in Cyprus. Elsevier 2017-03 /pmc/articles/PMC5315763/ /pubmed/28089651 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2016.12.006 Text en © 2017 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
spellingShingle Short Communication
Attipa, Charalampos
Hicks, Chelsea A.E.
Barker, Emily N.
Christodoulou, Vasiliki
Neofytou, Kyriaki
Mylonakis, Mathios E.
Siarkou, Victoria I.
Vingopoulou, Elpida I.
Soutter, Francesca
Chochlakis, Dimosthenis
Psaroulaki, Anna
Papasouliotis, Kostas
Tasker, Séverine
Canine tick-borne pathogens in Cyprus and a unique canine case of multiple co-infections
title Canine tick-borne pathogens in Cyprus and a unique canine case of multiple co-infections
title_full Canine tick-borne pathogens in Cyprus and a unique canine case of multiple co-infections
title_fullStr Canine tick-borne pathogens in Cyprus and a unique canine case of multiple co-infections
title_full_unstemmed Canine tick-borne pathogens in Cyprus and a unique canine case of multiple co-infections
title_short Canine tick-borne pathogens in Cyprus and a unique canine case of multiple co-infections
title_sort canine tick-borne pathogens in cyprus and a unique canine case of multiple co-infections
topic Short Communication
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5315763/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28089651
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2016.12.006
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