first report of rangelia vitalii infection (canine rangeliosis) in argentina. | a 12-year old mixed breed neutered bitch from misiones, argentina, was presented with a history of fever and epistaxis. blood, bone marrow, and lymph node samples were collected for hematology and cytology. mild regenerative anemia was recorded and large, round, poorly stained piroplasms (>2.5 μm) were found within erythrocytes in blood and lymph node smears. nested pcr-rflp on blood and bone marrow samples was positive for piroplasm dna. the 18s rrna gene of piroplasms was targeted. a restricti ... | 2014 | 24970768 |