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Rhipicephalus turanicus, a new vector of Hepatozoon canis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 December 2016

ALESSIO GIANNELLI ,
RICCARDO PAOLO LIA ,
GIADA ANNOSCIA ,
CANIO BUONAVOGLIA ,
ELEONORA LORUSSO ,
FILIPE DANTAS-TORRES ,
GAD BANETH  and
DOMENICO OTRANTO
ALESSIO GIANNELLI
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria, Università degli Studi di Bari, Valenzano, Bari, Italy
RICCARDO PAOLO LIA
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria, Università degli Studi di Bari, Valenzano, Bari, Italy
GIADA ANNOSCIA
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria, Università degli Studi di Bari, Valenzano, Bari, Italy
CANIO BUONAVOGLIA
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria, Università degli Studi di Bari, Valenzano, Bari, Italy
ELEONORA LORUSSO
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria, Università degli Studi di Bari, Valenzano, Bari, Italy
FILIPE DANTAS-TORRES
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria, Università degli Studi di Bari, Valenzano, Bari, Italy Departamento de Imunologia, Centro de Pesquisas Aggeu Magalhães (Fiocruz-PE), Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
GAD BANETH
Affiliation:
School of Veterinary Medicine, Hebrew University, Rehovot, Israel
DOMENICO OTRANTO*
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria, Università degli Studi di Bari, Valenzano, Bari, Italy
*
*Corresponding author: Dipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria, Università degli Studi di Bari, Valenzano, Bari, Italy. E-mail: domenico.otranto@uniba.it
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Summary

The distribution of Hepatozoon canis mainly encompasses areas where its main tick vector, Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato, is present. However, the detection of this pathogen in dogs, foxes and golden jackals well outside the areas inhabited by this tick species reinforced the hypothesis that additional ixodids are involved in the life cycle and transmission of this protozoon. The present study provides, for the first time, data supporting the sporogonic development of H. canis in specimens of Rhipicephalus turanicus collected from a naturally infected fox from southern Italy. The epidemiological role of R. turanicus as a vector of H. canis is discussed, along with information on the potential use of cell cultures for the experimental infection with H. canis sporozoites. The in vitro infection of canine leucocytes by sporozoites from ticks is proposed as a potential tool for future in-depth studies on the biology of H. canis.

Keywords

Hepatozoon canisRhipicephalus turanicuscellstickdevelopmenttick-borne pathogenfoxsporogony
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Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 144 , Issue 6 , May 2017 , pp. 730 - 737
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