| detection and molecular characterization of piroplasms species from naturally infected dogs in southeast brazil. | rangelia vitalii is a protozoon described from dogs in the south and southeast regions of brazil. it is phylogenetically related to babesia spp. that infects dogs, but data on this enigmatic parasite is still limited. the aim of this work was to detect piroplasm species in dogs in the state of rio de janeiro, brazil, by 18s rrna gene-based pcr assay, restriction fragment length polymorphism (rflp) and sequence analyses. of 103 dogs examined, seven (6.8%) were positive for babesia spp. by pcr. th ... | 2013 | 22832754 |