A molecular and serological survey in Taiwan to determine the true risk of babesiosis in dogs not receiving regular tick prevention

Applied Biosystems Baneth, 2018, Antiprotozoal treatment of canine babesiosis, Vet. Parasitol., 254, 58, 10.1016/j.vetpar.2018.03.001 Baneth, 2020, A new piroplasmid species infecting dogs: morphological and molecular characterization and pathogeny of Babesia negevi n. sp, Parasit. Vectors, 13, 130, 10.1186/s13071-020-3995-5 Birkenheuer, 2003, Development and evaluation of a seminested PCR for detection and differentiation of Babesia gibsoni (Asian genotype) and B. canis DNA in canine blood samples, J. Clin. Microbiol., 41, 4172, 10.1128/JCM.41.9.4172-4177.2003 Birkenheuer, 2020, Global distribution of canine Babesia species identified by a commercial diagnostic laboratory, Vet. Parasitol. Reg. Stud. Reports, 22 Boozer, 2003, Canine babesiosis, Vet. Clin. North Am. Small Anim. Pract., 33, 885, 10.1016/S0195-5616(03)00039-1 Böse, 1995, Current state and future trends in the diagnosis of babesiosis, Vet. Parasitol., 57, 61, 10.1016/0304-4017(94)03111-9 Cannon, 2016, Infectious diseases in dogs rescued during dogfighting investigations, Vet. J., 211, 64, 10.1016/j.tvjl.2016.02.012 Carret, 1999, Babesia canis canis, Babesia canis vogeli, Babesia canis rossi: differentiation of the three subspecies by a restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis on amplified small subunit ribosomal RNA genes, J. Eukaryot. Microbiol., 46, 298, 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1999.tb05128.x Goo, 2008, Babesia gibsoni: Serodiagnosis of infection in dogs by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay with recombinant BgTRAP, Exp. Parasitol., 118, 555, 10.1016/j.exppara.2007.11.010 Irwin, 2009, Canine babesiosis: from molecular taxonomy to control, Parasit. Vectors, 2, S4, 10.1186/1756-3305-2-S1-S4 Jongejan, 2018, Molecular evidence for the transovarial passage of Babesia gibsoni in Haemaphysalis hystricis (Acari: Ixodidae) ticks from Taiwan: a novel vector for canine babesiosis, Parasit. Vectors, 11, 1, 10.1186/s13071-018-2722-y Köster, 2015, Canine babesiosis: a perspective on clinical complications, biomarkers, and treatment, Vet. Med. Res. Rep., 6, 119 Lin, 2010, Use of a doxycycline-enrofloxacin-metronidazole combination with/without diminazene diaceturate to treat naturally occurring canine babesiosis caused by Babesia gibsoni, Acta Vet. Scand., 52, 1, 10.1186/1751-0147-52-27 Lin, 2012, The therapeutic efficacy of two antibabesial strategies against Babesia gibsoni, Vet. Parasitol., 186, 159, 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.11.073 Matsuu, 2005, Development of a SYBR green real-time polymerase chain reaction assay for quantitative detection of Babesia gibsoni (Asian genotype) DNA, J. Vet. Diagn. Investig., 17, 569, 10.1177/104063870501700608 Miyama Rajamanickam, 1985, The incidence of canine haematozoa in peninsular Malaysia, Vet. Parasitol., 17, 151, 10.1016/0304-4017(85)90101-3 Miyama, 2005, Epidemiological survey of Babesia gibsoni infection in dogs in eastern Japan, J. Vet. Med. Sci., 67, 467, 10.1292/jvms.67.467 Solano-Gallego, 2011, Babesiosis in dogs and cats—expanding parasitological and clinical spectra, Vet. Parasitol., 181, 48, 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.04.023 Solano-Gallego, 2016, A review of canine babesiosis: the European perspective, Parasit. Vectors, 9, 336, 10.1186/s13071-016-1596-0 Stillman, 2014, Performance of a commercially available in-clinic ELISA for detection of antibodies against Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Anaplasma platys, Borrelia burgdorferi, Ehrlichia canis, and Ehrlichia ewingii and Dirofilaria immitis antigen in dogs, J. Am. Vet. Med. Assoc., 245, 80, 10.2460/javma.245.1.80 Suh, 1997, Intraerythrocytic culture and development of serological diagnostic tests of Babesia gibsoni 1. Indirect fluorescent antibody test and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for antibody detection of Babesia gibsoni infections in dogs, Korean J. Vet. Res., 37, 583 Thongsahuan, 2020, Hematological profile of blood parasitic infected dogs in southern Thailand, Vet. World, 13, 2388, 10.14202/vetworld.2020.2388-2394 Uilenberg, 2006, Babesia—a historical overview, Vet. Parasitol., 138, 3, 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.01.035 Veneziano, 2018, Distribution and risk factors associated with Babesia spp. infection in hunting dogs from Southern Italy, Ticks Tick Borne Dis., 9, 1459, 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2018.07.005 Wong, 2011, Comparative evaluation of a point-of-care immunochromatographic test SNAP 4Dx with molecular detection tests for vector-borne canine pathogens in Hong Kong, Vector-Borne Zoonotic Dis., 11, 1269, 10.1089/vbz.2010.0265 Wu, 2009, Prevalence and risk factors of canine ticks and tick-borne diseases in Taipei, Taiwan, J. Vet. Clin. Sci., 2, 75 Zahler, 1998, Characteristic genotypes discriminate between Babesia canis isolates of differing vector specificity and pathogenicity to dogs, Parasitol. Res., 84, 544, 10.1007/s004360050445