| serosurvey of antibabesia antibodies in stray dogs and american pit bull terriers and american staffordshire terriers from north carolina. | stray dogs (n=359) and kennel dogs (n=149) from north carolina were tested for evidence of antibabesia antibodies. antibabesia antibodies were detected in 21/359 and 22/149 of the stray and kennel dogs, respectively. a total of 57 dogs from both groups were tested for babesiasis by light microscopy and polymerase chain reaction (pcr). babesia deoxyribonucleic acid (dna) was detected in 3/28 of the stray dogs and 14/29 of the kennel dogs. when babesia dna was detected by pcr, the species-specific ... | 2003 | 14736721 |
| babesia gibsoni infections in dogs from north carolina. | the recognition of canine babesiosis in north carolina caused by babesia gibsoni documents the expansion of the previously reported endemic area of this disease. clinical signs ranged from severe hemolytic anemia and thrombocytopenia to subclinical infections. no infected dogs had traveled to endemic areas. antibabesial treatment failed to eradicate the organism from infected dogs. | 1999 | 10102180 |
| geographic distribution of babesiosis among dogs in the united states and association with dog bites: 150 cases (2000-2003). | to identify the geographic distribution of babesiosis among dogs in the united states and determine, for dogs other than american pit bull terriers (apbts), whether infection was associated with a recent dog bite. | 2005 | 16190594 |