Cytauxzoon sp. and Hepatozoon spp. in Domestic Cats: A Preliminary Study in North-Eastern Italy

Knowledge on the presence of Cytauxzoon sp. and Hepatozoon spp. in Italy is scant and mostly limited to a few areas of Northern and Southern regions, respectively. The present study updated the current epidemiological scenario by investigating the occurrence of these protozoa in domestic cats from three broad regions of North-Eastern Italy. Blood samples from cats at risk of vector-borne diseases were processed by PCR to detect Cytauxzoon and Hepatozoon DNA. Blood smears were observed for haemoparasite inclusions. The influence of cat individual data (e.g., provenance, management, indoor/outdoor lifestyle) on the prevalence of haemoprotozoan infections was statistically evaluated. Among 158 cats, Cytauxzoon and Hepatozoon DNA were detected in 6 (3.8%) and 26 (16.5%) animals, respectively. No Hepatozoon gamonts were detected in blood smears, whereas all Cytauxzoon PCR-positive samples were microscopically positive, though with low levels of parasitaemia. Two species of Hepatozoon were identified, Hepatozoon felis (n = 10) and Hepatozoon silvestris (n = 16). Hepatozoon silvestris prevalence values were significantly (p < 0.05) higher in the region Friuli Venezia Giulia and in stray cats. Cytauxzoon sp. was detected in 6/39 (15.4%) stray cats from Friuli Venezia Giulia (Trieste province). These data add new information on the occurrence of these neglected protozoa in domestic cats’ populations.

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Effect of climate change and deforestation on vector borne diseases in the North-Eastern Indian state of Mizoram bordering Myanmar

The Journal of Climate Change and Health ◽

10.1016/j.joclim.2021.100015 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 100015

Author(s):

Balasubramani Karuppusamy ◽

Devojit Kumar Sarma ◽

Pachuau Lalmalsawma ◽

Lalfakzuala Pautu ◽

Krishanpal Karmodiya ◽

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Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Vector Borne Diseases ◽

The North ◽

North Eastern ◽

Indian State ◽

Vector Borne

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Vector-Borne Diseases in Client-Owned and Stray Cats from Madrid, Spain

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases ◽

10.1089/vbz.2011.0729 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 12 (2) ◽

pp. 143-150 ◽

Cited By ~ 48

Author(s):

Tania Ayllón ◽

Pedro Paulo V.P. Diniz ◽

Edward Bealmear Breitschwerdt ◽

Alejandra Villaescusa ◽

Fernando Rodríguez-Franco ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Vector Borne Diseases ◽

Stray Cats ◽

Vector Borne

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Bacterial and protozoal agents of feline vector-borne diseases in domestic and stray cats from southern Portugal

Parasites & Vectors ◽

10.1186/1756-3305-7-115 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 115 ◽

Cited By ~ 58

Author(s):

Carla Maia ◽

Cláudia Ramos ◽

Mónica Coimbra ◽

Filipa Bastos ◽

Ângela Martins ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Vector Borne Diseases ◽

Stray Cats ◽

Southern Portugal ◽

Vector Borne

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Critical analysis of vector-borne infections in dogs: Babesia vogeli, Babesia gibsoni, Ehrlichia canis and Hepatozoon canis in Punjab, India

Acta Parasitologica ◽

10.1515/ap-2016-0098 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 61 (4) ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Lachhman Das Singla ◽

Deepak Sumbria ◽

Ajay Mandhotra ◽

M.S. Bal ◽

Paramjit Kaur

Keyword(s):

Hepatozoon Canis ◽

Babesia Gibsoni ◽

Chain Reactions ◽

Vector Borne Diseases ◽

Polymerase Chain Reactions ◽

Relationship Analysis ◽

Babesia Vogeli ◽

Blood Smears ◽

Blood Smear Examination ◽

Vector Borne

AbstractThere are few published studies on various vector borne diseases of dogs in India and most depict clinical infection in dogs, diagnosed by observation of the haemopathogens in stained blood smears. This study provides the first report regarding molecular confirmation and ancestral relationship analysis of blood smears positive cases of assorted haemopathogens in Punjab province of India. On blood smear examination, haemopathogens were observed in 124 out of 778 (15.95%, 95% CI: 13.53– 18.68) blood smears. Further polymerase chain reactions (PCR) was used on bloods smear positive cases to validate the results. Out of 778 blood samples,

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LABOUR POLITICS AND AFRICANIZATION AT A TANZANIAN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE, 1949–66

Africa ◽

10.1017/s0001972015000820 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 86 (1) ◽

pp. 142-161 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Branwyn Poleykett ◽

Peter Mangesho

Keyword(s):

Scientific Research ◽

Research Station ◽

Local Economies ◽

Vector Borne Diseases ◽

Labour Relations ◽

The Social ◽

North Eastern ◽

Cultural Power ◽

Vector Borne ◽

The 1960S

ABSTRACTIn this article we examine labour politics and unionization at a scientific research station: the former Institute of Malaria and Vector Borne Diseases (‘Amani’) in north-eastern Tanzania. Drawing on an analysis of an archive found at Amani, this paper approaches the process of decolonizing and Africanizing science and medical research from the perspective of African technicians. The technician cadre at Amani was drawn to scientific employment as it seemed to offer the promise of training, education and advancement. The union at Amani argued that African labour was crucial to the production of scientific knowledge at the station and that there ought to be a ‘ladder’ of promotion and progress that led from auxiliary scientific technician to independent researcher. The daily politics of the decolonization of science was conducted as everyday contentious labour relations and as increasingly vociferous claims upon the cultural power of science by African workers. Drawing attention to the social and spatial practices of African workers at Amani in the 1960s, we argue that Amani functioned not just within globalized networks of tropical medicine and scientific research but as a place bound both to local economies of labour and to larger geographies of African ambition and aspiration.

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Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) of Colombia: records from the collection of insects of medical importance from National Institute of Health

10.3897/arphapreprints.e72543 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Erika Santamaria ◽

Marco Súarez ◽

Ricardo Ortiz Gallego ◽

Patricia Fuya ◽

Geraldine Páez ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Geographical Distribution ◽

Great Abundance ◽

Vector Borne Diseases ◽

New Information ◽

History Of ◽

Vector Borne ◽

Medical Importance

The collection of insects of medical importance from the National Institute of Health (Colombia) INS, was started in 1934 with the aim of being an institutional and national repository of the biodiversity of insects involved in vector-borne diseases of importance in public health. Today, the entomological collection includes more than 7.500 specimens. The ceratopogonids insects are one of the Groups of Diptera that conform this collection. Within the Ceratopogonidae family, are the insects of the genera Culicoides which are relevant in public health because of the nuisance caused by their bites when they are presented in great abundance and because of their role as transmitters of several agents (virus, protozoa and nematodes) that causes diseases to the humans and to the animals (Mullen 2002, Kettle 1995). Brief of the Ceratopogonidae insects (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) found in the collection, is presented here. A total of 801 individuals of this family rest in the collection, mainly adult of the genus Culicoides (90%). The collection is the result of the effort of several researchers through the history of the Group of Entomology (INS). These researchers collected ceratopogonids when they went to different transmission scenarios of the vector-borne diseases in Colombia, with the purpose of making the entomological characterizations. The effort of the researchers also included the processing, assembly, and identification of the specimens in the laboratory. New information about the geographical distribution of 39 species of the genera Culicoides appears for Colombia.

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Co-infection with arthropod-borne pathogens in domestic cats

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária ◽

10.1590/s1984-29612017064 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 26 (4) ◽

pp. 525-531 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Marcos Rogério André ◽

Kilder Dantas Filgueira ◽

Ana Cláudia Calchi ◽

Keyla Carstens Marques de Sousa ◽

Luiz Ricardo Gonçalves ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Anaplasma Phagocytophilum ◽

Clinical Signs ◽

Ehrlichia Canis ◽

Domestic Cats ◽

Blood Samples ◽

Cytauxzoon Felis ◽

Blood Smears ◽

Vector Borne ◽

Biochemical Abnormalities

Abstract The role of several feline vector-borne pathogens (FVBP) as a cause of disease in cats has not been clearly determined. In fact, with the exception of Bartonella spp. and hemoplasmas, FVBP in cats has not been clearly determined in Brazil yet. The present study aimed at identifying, by using molecular methods, the presence of FVBP in three cats showing non-specific clinical signs and inclusions suggestive of hemoparasites in blood smears. Cytauxzoon felis, ‘Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum’, Ehrlichia sp. closely related to Ehrlichia canis, and Anaplasma sp. closely related to Anaplasma phagocytophilum were detected in blood samples from two out of three sampled cats. Both cats positive for multiple FVBP did not show hematological and biochemical abnormalities. The present work emphasizes the need for molecular confirmation of co-infection by multiple FVBP in cats presenting non-specific clinical signs and inclusions resembling hemoparasites in blood smears.

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First autochthonous malaria case due to Plasmodium vivax since eradication, Spain, October 2010

Eurosurveillance ◽

10.2807/ese.15.41.19684-en ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 15 (41) ◽

Cited By ~ 29

Author(s):

P Santa-Olalla Peralta ◽

M C Vazquez-Torres ◽

E Latorre-Fandós ◽

P Mairal-Claver ◽

P Cortina-Solano ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Vector Control ◽

Plasmodium Vivax ◽

Malaria Case ◽

Control Measures ◽

Vector Borne Diseases ◽

Source Of Infection ◽

Anopheles Atroparvus ◽

North Eastern ◽

Vector Borne ◽

Autochthonous Transmission

In October 2010, one case of autochthonous malaria due to Plasmodium vivax was diagnosed in Spain. The case occurred in Aragon, north-eastern Spain, where the vector Anopheles atroparvus is present. Although the source of infection could not be identified, this event highlights that sporadic autochthonous transmission of vector-borne diseases in continental Europe is possible and calls for enhanced surveillance and vector control measures.

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