The Piroplasmida Babesia, Cytauxzoon, and Theileria in farm and companion animals: species compilation, molecular phylogeny, and evolutionary insights

L Schnittger, S Ganzinelli, R Bhoora, D Omondi… - Parasitology …, 2022 - Springer
The order Piroplasmida, including the genera Babesia, Cytauxzoon, and Theileria is often
referred to as piroplasmids and comprises of dixenous hemoprotozoans transmitted by ticks …

[HTML][HTML] A review of Theileria diagnostics and epidemiology

BJ Mans, R Pienaar, AA Latif - International Journal for Parasitology …, 2015 - Elsevier
An extensive range of serological and molecular diagnostic assays exist for most of the
economically important Theileira species such as T. annulata, T. equi, T. lestoquardi, T …

[HTML][HTML] Research on the ecology of ticks and tick-borne pathogens—methodological principles and caveats

A Estrada-Peña, JS Gray, O Kahl, RS Lane… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Interest in tick-transmitted pathogens has experienced an upsurge in the past few decades.
Routine application of tools for the detection of fragments of foreign DNA in ticks, together …

[HTML][HTML] Twenty years of equine piroplasmosis research: global distribution, molecular diagnosis, and phylogeny

S Tirosh-Levy, Y Gottlieb, LM Fry, DP Knowles… - Pathogens, 2020 - mdpi.com
Equine piroplasmosis (EP), caused by the hemoparasites Theileria equi, Theileria haneyi,
and Babesia caballi, is an important tick-borne disease of equines that is prevalent in most …

Equine piroplasmosis

LN Wise, AM Pelzel-McCluskey… - Veterinary Clinics …, 2014 - vetequine.theclinics.com
Equine piroplasmosis is an infectious, tick-borne disease caused by the hemoprotozoan
parasites Theileria (previously Babesia) equi and Babesia caballi. Piroplasmosis affects all …

Guidelines for the Detection of Babesia and Theileria Parasites

L Lempereur, R Beck, I Fonseca… - Vector-Borne and …, 2017 - liebertpub.com
Abstract The genera Babesia and Theileria (phylum Apicomplexa, order Piroplasmida) are
mainly transmitted by Ixodid ticks in which the sexual part of their life cycle followed by …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular detection of tick-borne pathogens in cattle from Southwestern Ethiopia

Z Hailemariam, J Krücken, M Baumann, JS Ahmed… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Tick-borne diseases (TBDs) cause significant losses among livestock and impact the
livelihoods of resource-poor farming communities worldwide. In Ethiopia, detailed studies on …

[HTML][HTML] Occurrence of tick-transmitted pathogens in dogs in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria

M Adamu, M Troskie, DO Oshadu, DP Malatji… - Parasites & vectors, 2014 - Springer
Background Canine babesiosis caused by Babesia rossi, transmitted by Haemaphysalis
elliptica in South Africa, has also been reported from Nigeria. Although H. leachi (sensu lato) …

Infections by Babesia caballi and Theileria equi in Jordanian equids: epidemiology and genetic diversity

MA Qablan, M Oborník, KJ Petrželková, M Sloboda… - Parasitology, 2013 - cambridge.org
Microscopic diagnosis of equine piroplasmoses, caused by Theileria equi and Babesia
caballi, is hindered by low parasitaemia during the latent phase of the infections. However …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing the diversity and distribution of apicomplexans in host and free-living environments using high-throughput amplicon data and a phylogenetically …

J Del Campo, TJ Heger, R Rodríguez-Martínez… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Apicomplexans are a group of microbial eukaryotes that contain some of the most well-
studied parasites, including the causing agents of toxoplasmosis and malaria, and emergent …