Canine tick-borne pathogens in Cyprus and a unique canine case of multiple co-infections

Charalampos Attipa; Chelsea A E Hicks; Emily N. Barker; Vasiliki Christodoulou; Kyriaki Neofytou; Mathios E. Mylonakis; Victoria I. Siarkou; Elpida I. Vingopoulou; Francesca Soutter; Dimosthenis Chochlakis; Anna Psaroulaki; Kostas Papasouliotis; Séverine Tasker

doi:10.1016/j.ttbdis.2016.12.006

Canine tick-borne pathogens in Cyprus and a unique canine case of multiple co-infections

Charalampos Attipa^*, Chelsea A E Hicks, Emily N. Barker, Vasiliki Christodoulou, Kyriaki Neofytou, Mathios E. Mylonakis, Victoria I. Siarkou, Elpida I. Vingopoulou, Francesca Soutter, Dimosthenis Chochlakis, Anna Psaroulaki, Kostas Papasouliotis, Séverine Tasker

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Canine tick-borne pathogens such as Ehrlichia canis and Hepatozoon canis are widespread in the Mediterranean basin but have never been reported or investigated in Cyprus. We describe herein the presence of canine tick-borne pathogens in three dogs with clinical signs compatible with vector-borne diseases from Paphos area of Cyprus. Molecular and phylogenetic analysis revealed the presence of E. canis, A. platys, H. canis, B. vogeli and M. haemocanis in Cyprus. One dog co-infected with E. canis, H. canis, B. vogeli and M. haemocanis is, to the best of our knowledge, the first report of this multiple co-infection in dogs. The tick-borne pathogens reported in the current study should be considered in the differential diagnoses in dogs exposed to ticks in Cyprus.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	341-346
Number of pages	6
Journal	Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
Volume	8
Early online date	26 Dec 2016
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2016.12.006
Publication status	Published - Mar 2017

Keywords

Ehrlichia canis
Anaplasma platys
Hepatozoon canis
Babesia vogeli
Mycoplasma haemocanis
Canine tick-borne pathogens
Cyprus

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Attipa, C., Hicks, C. A. E., Barker, E. N., Christodoulou, V., Neofytou, K., Mylonakis, M. E., Siarkou, V. I., Vingopoulou, E. I., Soutter, F., Chochlakis, D., Psaroulaki, A., Papasouliotis, K., & Tasker, S. (2017). Canine tick-borne pathogens in Cyprus and a unique canine case of multiple co-infections. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, 8, 341-346. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2016.12.006

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