First Report of Surra (Trypanosoma Evansi Infection) in a Tunisian Dog

Overview

Journal Parasite

Specialty Parasitology

Date 2015 Feb 6

PMID 25654368

Citations 11

Authors

Mohamed Ridha Rjeibi

Taoufik Ben Hamida

Zara Dalgatova

Tarek Mahjoub

Ahmed Rejeb

Walid Dridi

Mohamed Gharbi

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Abstract

Trypanosoma evansi, the agent of surra, is a salivarian trypanosome, originating from Africa. Surra is a major disease in camels, equines and dogs, in which it can often be fatal in the absence of treatment. Animals exhibit nonspecific clinical signs (anaemia, loss of weight and abortion). In the present survey, a blood sample was collected in Sousse (Central Tunisia) from a dog that presented clinical signs of trypanosomiasis. Giemsa-stained blood smears and PCR were performed. ITS1 sequences from blood had 99.8 and 99.5% homology with published T. evansi sequences from cattle and camels, respectively. To our knowledge, this is the first report of T. evansi in a Tunisian dog.

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