Detection of Babesia Hongkongensis Sp. Nov. in a Free-roaming Felis Catus Cat in Hong Kong

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Journal J Clin Microbiol

Specialty Microbiology

Date 2012 Jun 1

PMID 22649017

Citations 14

Authors

Samson S Y Wong

Rosana W S Poon

Janet J Y Hui

Kwok-Yung Yuen

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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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