Detection of hepatozoon canis in the brown dog tick and domestic dogs in Peninsular Malaysia

Batah Kunalan Prakash; Van Lun Low; Tiong Kai Tan; Wei Yin Vinnie-Siow; Yvonne Ai Lian Lim; Akhavan Rezaei Morvarid; Adzzie Shazleen Azman; Yze Shiuan Yeong; Sazaly Abubakar; Mohd Sofian-Azirun

doi:10.1093/jme/tjy081

Detection of hepatozoon canis in the brown dog tick and domestic dogs in Peninsular Malaysia

Batah Kunalan Prakash, Van Lun Low, Tiong Kai Tan, Wei Yin Vinnie-Siow, Yvonne Ai Lian Lim, Akhavan Rezaei Morvarid, Adzzie Shazleen Azman, Yze Shiuan Yeong, Sazaly Abubakar, Mohd Sofian-Azirun

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Abstract

Hepatozoon canis has been widely reported in dogs. Its prevalence in ticks, however, has not been well-established. Here we determine the occurrence of Hepatozoon DNA in the brown dog tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Latreille) (Acari: Ixodidae) sensu lato (s.l.) and domestic dogs from Peninsular Malaysia using a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay based on amplification of the 18S ribosomal RNA coding sequence. Our results revealed a relatively low prevalence of H. canis DNA in both R. sanguineus s.l. (0.7%) and dogs (3.33%). This study represents the first report of H. canis DNA in R. sanguineus s.l. in Malaysia, highlighting the risk of this infection in dogs.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1346-1348
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Medical Entomology
Volume	55
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjy081
Publication status	Published - Sep 2018
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

dog tick
Hepatozoon canis
infectious disease
Malaysia
Rhipicephalus sanguineus

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Detection of hepatozoon canis in the brown dog tick and domestic dogs in Peninsular Malaysia

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