Babesia sp. 'North Carolina dog'

Babesia sp. 'North Carolina dog' is an unclassified species of Babesia, identified from a 18S ribosomal gene partial sequence[1] performed in the investigation of dog piroplasms.[2]

Unlike the other piroplasms investigated, the piroplasm is "in a distinct phylogenetic clade, closely related to babesial isolates from wildlife and humans from the Western US".[2]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/12082688
  2. 1 2 AM Kjemtrup; AA Kocan; L Whitworth; J Meinkoth; AJ Birkenheuer; J Cummings; MK Boudreaux; SL Stockham; Irizarry-A Rovira; PA Conrad. (December 2000). "There are at least three genetically distinct small piroplasms from dogs". Int J Parasitol. 30 (14): 1501–5.
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