Screening of Domestic Cats from North-Eastern Hungary for <i>Hepatozoon felis</i> and <i>Cytauxzoon europaeus</i> That Cause Infections in Local Wildcat Populations

Screening of Domestic Cats from North-Eastern Hungary for <i>Hepatozoon felis</i> and <i>Cytauxzoon europaeus</i> That Cause Infections in Local Wildcat Populations

Among vector-borne protozoa <i>Hepatozoon felis</i> and <i>Cytauxzoon europaeus</i> are considered emerging species in felids in Europe. To investigate the presence of these two protozoa 127 domestic cats and 4 wildcats were screened by PCRs targeting the <i>18S</i&g...

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Main Authors: Barbara Tuska-Szalay, Sándor A. Boldogh, Róbert Farkas, Luca Rompos, Nóra Takács, Viktor Beresnyák, Ádám Izsó, Jenő Kontschán, József Lanszki, Sándor Hornok
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-04-01
Series:Pathogens
Subjects:
feline
vector-borne
tick-borne
piroplasm
Hungary
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/12/5/656

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