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2. Experimental infection of Rhipicephalus sanguineus with Ehrlichia chaffeensis.
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Stoffel RT, McClure JC, Butcher MM, Johnson GC, Roland W, Cheng C, Sirigireddy KR, Ganta R, Boughan K, Ewing SA, and Stich RW
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- Animals, Disease Vectors, Dog Diseases transmission, Dogs, Ehrlichia chaffeensis genetics, Ehrlichiosis microbiology, Ehrlichiosis transmission, Male, Polymerase Chain Reaction methods, Rhipicephalus sanguineus microbiology, Time Factors, DNA, Bacterial isolation & purification, Dog Diseases microbiology, Ehrlichia chaffeensis isolation & purification, Ehrlichiosis veterinary, Ixodidae microbiology
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Ehrlichia chaffeensis, the etiologic agent of human monocytic ehrlichiosis, is a tick-borne rickettsial pathogen that is infective to a wide range of mammals, including dogs and people. Amblyomma americanum, the lone star tick, is considered the primary vector of E. chaffeensis, but this pathogen has been detected in other tick species, including the brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus. We hypothesized that the Arkansas strain of E. chaffeensis is infective to R. sanguineus, and used a novel PCR assay to test for acquisition of this pathogen by R. sanguineus and A. americanum ticks that were simultaneously fed on experimentally infected dogs. Although E. chaffeensis was not frequently detected in peripheral blood of these dogs, the pathogen was detected in both tick species and in canine lung, kidney, lymph node, bone marrow and frontal lobe samples. One dog (AFL) was maintained for several years, and ticks again acquired E. chaffeensis from this dog 566 days after intradermal inoculation with E. chaffeensis, but the pathogen was not detected in ticks fed on the same dog at 764 or 1086 days after the intradermal inoculation., (Copyright © 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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- 2014
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3. Treatment of Hepatozoon americanum infection: review of the literature and experimental evaluation of efficacy.
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Allen KE, Little SE, Johnson EM, Hostetler J, Panciera RJ, and Ewing SA
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- Animals, Apicomplexa drug effects, Arthropod Vectors, Dog Diseases parasitology, Dogs, Pilot Projects, Protozoan Infections, Animal parasitology, Antiprotozoal Agents therapeutic use, Apicomplexa isolation & purification, Dog Diseases drug therapy, Protozoan Infections, Animal drug therapy
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There is no labeled treatment for dogs with American canine hepatozoonosis (ACH), but the drug therapies discussed in this article, although not rapidly curative, may be successful in alleviating acute clinical signs, prolonging life, reducing the number of clinical relapses, and enhancing quality of life. This article also describes a pilot trial conducted to assess the efficacy of a novel treatment approach with ponazuril as a stand-alone parasiticide administered for 4 weeks without follow-up decoquinate treatment. Although extended ponazuril treatment in combination with NSAID administration did ameliorate acute clinical signs associated with ACH, the parasite was not completely cleared with this treatment protocol alone. Long-term decoquinate therapy remains a critical component of successful treatment of ACH.
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- 2010
4. Efficacy of a doxycycline treatment regimen initiated during three different phases of experimental ehrlichiosis.
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McClure JC, Crothers ML, Schaefer JJ, Stanley PD, Needham GR, Ewing SA, and Stich RW
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- Animals, Dogs, Ehrlichia canis genetics, Ehrlichia canis physiology, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Anti-Bacterial Agents therapeutic use, Dog Diseases drug therapy, Doxycycline therapeutic use, Ehrlichiosis drug therapy
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Doxycycline is the treatment of choice for canine monocytic ehrlichiosis (CME), a well-characterized disease and valuable model for tick-borne zoonoses. Conflicting reports of clearance of Ehrlichia canis after treatment with doxycycline suggested that the disease phase during which treatment is initiated influences outcomes of these treatments. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of a 28-day doxycycline regimen for clearance of experimental E. canis infections from dogs treated during three phases of the disease. Ten dogs were inoculated with blood from E. canis carriers and treated with doxycycline during acute, subclinical, or chronic phases of CME. Daily rectal temperatures and semiweekly blood samples were monitored from each dog, and Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks were acquisition fed on each dog for xenodiagnosis. Blood collected from dogs treated during acute or subclinical CME became PCR negative for E. canis as clinical parameters improved, but blood samples collected from dogs treated during chronic CME remained intermittently PCR positive. R. sanguineus ticks fed on dogs after doxycycline treatments became PCR positive for E. canis, regardless of when treatment was initiated. However, fewer ticks became PCR positive after feeding on two persistently infected dogs treated with doxycycline followed by rifampin, suggesting that antibiotic therapy can reduce tick acquisition of E. canis.
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- 2010
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5. Ehrlichia ewingii infection and exposure rates in dogs from the southcentral United States.
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Little SE, O'Connor TP, Hempstead J, Saucier J, Reichard MV, Meinkoth K, Meinkoth JH, Andrews B, Ullom S, Ewing SA, and Chandrashekar R
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- Animals, Antibodies, Bacterial blood, Arkansas epidemiology, Dogs, Ehrlichiosis epidemiology, Oklahoma epidemiology, Polymerase Chain Reaction veterinary, Prevalence, Tick-Borne Diseases epidemiology, Dog Diseases epidemiology, Ehrlichia physiology, Ehrlichiosis veterinary, Tick-Borne Diseases veterinary
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We used PCR and a novel serologic assay to determine infection and exposure rates to Ehrlichia ewingii in dogs from an area of northeast Oklahoma and northwest Arkansas where Amblyomma americanum ticks are abundant. Of 143 dogs assayed, 13 (9.1%) harbored E. ewingii by PCR and 64 (44.8%) had antibodies to E. ewingii detected using a peptide-based microtiter plate ELISA. Dogs were more likely (P=0.001) to be positive by PCR if sampled in August (30.8%) but no association was found between seropositive status and month of collection of sample (P>0.05). Additional testing revealed PCR evidence of Ehrlichia chaffeensis (4/143; 2.8%) and Anaplasma platys (5/143; 3.5%) as well as antibodies reactive to E. chaffeensis (25/143; 17.5%), Ehrlichia canis (2/143; 1.4%), and Anaplasma spp. (8/143; 5.6%). Testing of another 200 dogs from the area revealed additional PCR and/or serologic evidence of E. ewingii, E. canis, E. chaffeensis, and A. platys. None of the 343 dogs evaluated had evidence of Borrelia burgdorferi exposure. These data support the interpretation that E. ewingii may be the primary agent of canine ehrlichiosis in this region, and suggest that diagnostic evaluation of dogs suspected to have a tick-borne disease should include assays targeting this organism.
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- 2010
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6. Alternate pathway of infection with Hepatozoon americanum and the epidemiologic importance of predation.
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Johnson EM, Panciera RJ, Allen KE, Sheets ME, Beal JD, Ewing SA, and Little SE
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- Animals, Coccidia, Coccidiosis epidemiology, Coccidiosis transmission, Dog Diseases epidemiology, Dog Diseases transmission, Dogs, Mice, Predatory Behavior, Rabbits, Tick-Borne Diseases veterinary, United States, Coccidiosis veterinary, Disease Outbreaks veterinary, Dog Diseases parasitology
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Background: The range of American canine hepatozoonosis (ACH) is expanding from the southern USA northward. Transmission of Hepatozoon americanum occurs by ingestion of infected Gulf Coast ticks, Amblyomma maculatum. The source of the protozoan for the tick remains undetermined; infected dogs are unusual hosts for the tick., Objective: Compare possible sources of infection by field investigations of 2 multiple-dog outbreaks of ACH., Animals: Twenty-eight privately owned dogs (Canis familiaris), 1 coyote (Canis latrans), 31 wild-trapped cotton rats (Sigmodon hispidus), 24 wild-trapped field mice (Peromyscus leucopus), and 9 wild-caught rabbits (Sylvilagus spp.) from sites in eastern Oklahoma were monitored for hepatozoonosis. Six laboratory-raised cotton rats (S. hispidus), 6 Sprague-Dawley rats (Rattus norvegicus), 6 C57BL/6J-Lystbg-J/J mice (Mus musculus), 6 outbred white mice (M. musculus), 6 New Zealand white rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus), and 2 dogs were acquired through commercial vendors for experimental transmission trials of H. americanum., Methods: Four of 15 dogs in a rural neighborhood and 5/12 hunting Beagles were confirmed to be infected by blood smear examination, muscle biopsy, and polymerase chain reaction assay of the 18S rRNA gene of Hepatozoon species. Histories and tick host preferences led to field collections of common prey of canids and experimental transmission trials of H. americanum to selected prey (M. musculus, S. hispidus, R. norvegicus, and O. cuniculus)., Results: Dogs with ready access to prey (4/15 dogs) or that were fed prey retrieved from hunts (5/12 hunting Beagles) became infected, providing evidence that predation is an important epidemiologic component of ACH infection. Experimental transmission studies identified a quiescent, infectious stage (cystozoite) of the parasite that provides an alternate mode of transmission to canids through predation, demonstrating that cotton rats, mice, and rabbits but not brown rats may act as paratenic hosts of H. americanum., Conclusions and Clinical Importance: Predation of prey harboring infected A. maculatum or containing cystozoites of H. americanum in their tissues provide 2 modes of transmission of ACH to dogs, putting unconfined dogs at increased risk of infection in endemic areas.
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- 2009
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7. Experimental transmission of Hepatozoon americanum to New Zealand White rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) and infectivity of cystozoites for a dog.
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Johnson EM, Allen KE, Panciera RJ, Ewing SA, and Little SE
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- Animals, Coccidiosis parasitology, Coccidiosis transmission, Dogs, Male, Rabbits, Coccidia physiology, Coccidiosis veterinary, Dog Diseases parasitology
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Inflammatory lesions containing parasitic cystozoites developed in multiple organs and tissues of laboratory-raised Oryctolagus cuniculus that were administered approximately 100 sporulated oocysts of Hepatozoon americanum (Oklahoma isolate, GenBank accession AF176836) orally. The predominantly granulomatous inflammatory lesions were detected histologically 8 weeks after exposure to oocysts. Cystozoites, recognized by cresent-shaped, uninucleated bodies surrounded by an accumulation of globular, PAS-positive polysaccharide material, were evident within macrophages as monozoic and dizoic cysts. Neither meronts nor gamonts were detected in any of the laboratory-raised lagomorphs during the 24-week observation period. Nested PCR assay of rabbit tissues for a 488 bp fragment of the 18S rRNA Hepatozoon spp. gene was positive at 8 and 24 weeks post-exposure. The sequence was 97.1% similar with sequence from the H. americanum carrier used to infect ticks. A Hepatozoon-free dog fed tissues from the 24-week post-exposure rabbit principal developed American canine hepatozoonosis. Gamonts were first detected 5 weeks after the dog ingested the rabbit tissues containing cystozoites. PCR assay of blood from the dog was positive for the Hepatozoon spp. gene fragment. Sequencing confirmed that the parasite in the dog was H. americanum.
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- 2009
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8. Antibiotic clearance of Ehrlichia canis from dogs infected by intravenous inoculation of carrier blood.
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Schaefer JJ, Kahn J, Needham GR, Rikihisa Y, Ewing SA, and Stich RW
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- Animals, Dog Diseases blood, Dogs, Ehrlichiosis blood, Female, Dog Diseases transmission, Doxycycline pharmacokinetics, Ehrlichia canis metabolism, Ehrlichiosis transmission, Rifampin pharmacokinetics
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Ehrlichia canis is the etiologic agent of canine monocytic ehrlichiosis (CME) and is a useful model for zoonotic tick-borne pathogens, many of which infect dogs. The purpose of this study was to evaluate rifampin and doxycycline regimens for clearance of E. canis infections in addition to alleviation of CME. Beagles were infected with E. canis by intravenous inoculation with carrier blood and treated with either rifampin or doxycycline after the acute phase of CME. Improved hematological values demonstrated that both treatments effectively relieved signs of the disease. Peripheral blood from all dogs became PCR negative after antibiotic treatment, suggesting that these infections were eliminated and that rifampin is an effective alternative chemotherapeutic agent for treatment of CME.
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- 2008
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9. Infectivity of Hepatozoon americanum cystozoites for a dog.
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Johnson EM, Allen KE, Panciera RJ, Little SE, and Ewing SA
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- Animals, Coccidiosis blood, Coccidiosis parasitology, Dog Diseases blood, Dogs, Male, Coccidia physiology, Coccidiosis veterinary, Dog Diseases parasitology
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Hepatozoon americanum cystozoites from experimentally infected, laboratory-raised rodents were fed to a Hepatozoon-free dog. Gamonts were detected by examination of blood smear 42 and 56 days post-exposure. PCR analysis of blood was positive for the 18S rRNA Hepatozoon gene on days gamonts were demonstrated. Meronts were detected histologically in a skeletal muscle biopsy 90 days after ingestion of cystozoites. Sequencing confirmed that the parasite in the dog was H. americanum. Xenodiagnosis was conducted by replete feeding of Ambylomma maculatum larvae on the dog; 40 days after detachment, sporulated oocysts were recovered from recently molted nymphs.
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- 2008
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10. Experimental transmission of Hepatozoon americanum to rodents.
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Johnson EM, Allen KE, Breshears MA, Panciera RJ, Little SE, and Ewing SA
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- Animals, Base Sequence, Coccidia genetics, Coccidiosis pathology, Coccidiosis transmission, Dogs, Female, Ixodidae parasitology, Mice, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Molecular Sequence Data, Myocardium pathology, Oocysts, RNA, Ribosomal, 18S genetics, Rats, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Sigmodontinae, Tick-Borne Diseases transmission, Coccidia pathogenicity, Coccidiosis veterinary, Dog Diseases transmission, Tick-Borne Diseases veterinary
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Laboratory-raised cotton rats (Sigmodon hispidus), outbred white mice (Mus musculus), and C57BL/6J-Lystbg-J/J mice (M. musculus) that were administered approximately 50 sporulated oocysts of Hepatozoon americanum (AF176836) by gavage developed inflammatory lesions containing parasitic cystozoites in cardiac and skeletal muscle, kidney, and lung. Sprague-Dawley rats (Rattus norvegicus) similarly exposed showed no evidence of infection. Cystozoites were first detected by histopathologic examination four weeks after exposure to oocysts. Globular, PAS-positive material accumulated around the cystozoites as the duration of infection lengthened. Nested PCR analysis of tissues collected 16 weeks post-exposure was positive for the 18S rRNA Hepatozoon sp. gene and the DNA sequence of the fragment amplified was 99.6% and 99.8% identical to H. americanum sequences previously reported from naturally-infected dogs (AF176836 and AY864676, respectively). Merogonous and gamontogonous stages of the parasite were not detected in any of the cystozoite-infected rodents.
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- 2008
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11. Field survey of rodents for Hepatozoon infections in an endemic focus of American canine hepatozoonosis.
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Johnson EM, Allen KE, Panciera RJ, Ewing SA, Little SE, and Reichard MV
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- Animals, Coccidiosis epidemiology, Coccidiosis parasitology, Dog Diseases epidemiology, Dogs, Liver parasitology, Liver pathology, United States epidemiology, Coccidia isolation & purification, Coccidiosis veterinary, Dog Diseases parasitology, Endemic Diseases veterinary, Peromyscus parasitology, Sigmodontinae parasitology
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Eighteen of 31 (58%) cotton rats (Sigmodon hispidus) and 8 of 24 (33.3%) white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) that were wild-trapped from 4 American canine hepatozoonosis endemic sites in Oklahoma were infected with Hepatozoon species. The predilection organ for merogony of the Hepatozoon species in cotton rats was the liver. Meronts were not detected in any of the white-footed mice. A 488 bp DNA fragment that includes a variable region of the 18S rRNA Hepatozoon gene amplified from blood or tissue of these infected animals. Sequences from eight cotton rats were 100% identical to each other as were sequences from three white-footed mice 100% identical to each other. The cotton rat sequence and the white-footed mouse sequence were 98.8% identical, differing in 6 bp of the 488 bp fragment. The DNA sequence from cotton rats was 97.7% identical to a Hepatozoon sp. described in a large bandicoot rat from Thailand and 97.5% identical to a Hepatozoon sp. in a bank vole from Brazil. The sequence from white-footed mice was 98.6% identical to the bandicoot rat sequence and 98.4% identical to the bank vole sequence. However, the sequences were only 90.6% (cotton rat) and 91.4% (white-footed mouse) identical to H. americanum. These findings suggest that the rodents are obligate intermediate hosts for distinct Hepatozoon spp., but not H. americanum.
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- 2007
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12. Tick acquisition of Ehrlichia canis from dogs treated with doxycycline hyclate.
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Schaefer JJ, Needham GR, Bremer WG, Rikihisa Y, Ewing SA, and Stich RW
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- Animals, Arachnid Vectors, Dog Diseases microbiology, Dogs, Doxycycline therapeutic use, Ehrlichiosis microbiology, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, Rhipicephalus sanguineus growth & development, Anti-Bacterial Agents therapeutic use, Dog Diseases drug therapy, Doxycycline analogs & derivatives, Ehrlichia canis, Ehrlichiosis drug therapy, Ehrlichiosis veterinary, Rhipicephalus sanguineus microbiology
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Doxycycline generally alleviates clinical monocytic ehrlichiosis, but its efficacy in the control of monocytotropic ehrlichial pathogens requires further investigation. In this study, Ehrlichia canis was detected in dogs treated with doxycycline for 14 days and in ticks fed on these dogs, suggesting that treated dogs can remain reservoirs for E. canis.
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- 2007
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13. Molecular characterization of Hepatozoon sp. from Brazilian dogs and its phylogenetic relationship with other Hepatozoon spp.
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Forlano MD, Teixeira KR, Scofield A, Elisei C, Yotoko KS, Fernandes KR, Linhares GF, Ewing SA, and Massard CL
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- Animals, Brazil epidemiology, Coccidiosis epidemiology, Coccidiosis parasitology, Dog Diseases epidemiology, Coccidia classification, Coccidia genetics, Coccidiosis veterinary, Dog Diseases parasitology, Dogs parasitology, Phylogeny
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To characterize phylogenetically the species which causes canine hepatozoonosis at two rural areas of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, we used universal or Hepatozoon spp. primer sets for the 18S SSU rRNA coding region. DNA extracts were obtained from blood samples of thirteen dogs naturally infected, from four experimentally infected, and from five puppies infected by vertical transmission from a dam, that was experimentally infected. DNA of sporozoites of Hepatozoon americanum was used as positive control. The amplification of DNA extracts from blood of dogs infected with sporozoites of Hepatozoon spp. was observed in the presence of primers to 18S SSU rRNA gene of Hepatozoon spp., whereas DNA of H. americanum sporozoites was amplified in the presence of either universal or Hepatozoon spp.-specific primer sets; the amplified products were approximately 600bp in size. Cloned PCR products obtained from DNA extracts of blood from two dogs experimentally infected with Hepatozoon sp. were sequenced. The consensus sequence, derived from six sequence data sets, were blasted against sequences of 18S SSU rRNA of Hepatozoon spp. available at GenBank and aligned to homologous sequences to perform the phylogenetic analysis. This analysis clearly showed that our sequence clustered, independently of H. americanum sequences, within a group comprising other Hepatozoon canis sequences. Our results confirmed the hypothesis that the agent causing hepatozoonosis in the areas studied in Brazil is H. canis, supporting previous reports that were based on morphological and morphometric analyses.
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- 2007
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14. Diagnosis of Hepatozoon spp. in Amblyomma ovale and its experimental transmission in domestic dogs in Brazil.
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Forlano M, Scofield A, Elisei C, Fernandes KR, Ewing SA, and Massard CL
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- Animals, Brazil, Coccidiosis parasitology, Coccidiosis transmission, Dog Diseases transmission, Dogs, Female, Male, Microscopy, Phase-Contrast veterinary, Oocysts ultrastructure, Rural Population, Coccidia growth & development, Coccidiosis veterinary, Dog Diseases parasitology, Insect Vectors parasitology, Ixodidae parasitology
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Transmission of Hepatozoon spp. to dogs was investigated using four species of ixodid ticks: Rhipicephalus sanguineus, Amblyomma aureolatum, Amblyomma ovale and Amblyomma cajennense. We collected completely or partially engorged adult ticks of these species from dogs that were naturally infested and positive for Hepatozoon spp. We selected some of these ixodids and inoculated them orally in four negative dogs. The other ticks were dissected and examined for oocysts. Of all dogs inoculated orally with R. sanguineus, A. aureolatum, A. cajennense and A. ovale, only the animal that received the macerate of A. ovale was positive; evidence (gametocytes in peripheral blood) of infection was found 63 days after inoculation. Among all dissected ticks, we found only two oocysts; these were similar to those of Hepatozoon canis, and both were recovered from a single A. ovale specimen. We inoculated sporozoites recovered from the oocysts intraperitoneally into a Hepatozoon spp. negative dog, and circulating gametocytes were detected 84 days later. Our study demonstrated that A. ovale can be a vector of Hepatozoon spp. in Brazil.
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- 2005
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15. Characterization of stages of Hepatozoon americanum and of parasitized canine host cells.
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Cummings CA, Panciera RJ, Kocan KM, Mathew JS, and Ewing SA
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- Animals, Coccidiosis parasitology, Dogs, Immunohistochemistry veterinary, Macrophages parasitology, Microscopy, Electron, Transmission veterinary, Ticks parasitology, Coccidia growth & development, Coccidia ultrastructure, Coccidiosis veterinary, Dog Diseases parasitology, Life Cycle Stages physiology
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American canine hepatozoonosis is caused by Hepatozoon americanum, a protozoan parasite, the definitive host of which is the tick, Amblyomma maculatum. Infection of the dog follows ingestion of ticks that harbor sporulated H. americanum oocysts. Following penetration of the intestinal mucosa, sporozoites are disseminated systemically and give rise to extensive asexual multiplication in cells located predominantly in striated muscle. The parasitized canine cells in "onion skin" cysts and in granulomas situated within skeletal muscle, as well as those in peripheral blood leukocytes (PBL), were identified as macrophages by use of fine structure morphology and/or immunohistochemical reactivity with macrophage markers. Additionally, two basic morphologic forms of the parasite were observed in macrophages of granulomas and PBLs. The forms were presumptively identified as merozoites and gamonts. The presence of a "tail" in some gamonts in PBLs indicated differentiation toward microgametes. Recognition of merozoites in PBLs supports the contention that hematogenously redistributed merozoites initiate repeated asexual cycles and could explain persistence of infection for long periods in the vertebrate host. Failure to clearly demonstrate a host cell membrane defining a parasitophorous vacuole may indicate that the parasite actively penetrates the host cell membrane rather than being engulfed by the host cell, as is characteristic of some protozoans.
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- 2005
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16. Transstadial and intrastadial experimental transmission of Ehrlichia canis by male Rhipicephalus sanguineus.
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Bremer WG, Schaefer JJ, Wagner ER, Ewing SA, Rikihisa Y, Needham GR, Jittapalapong S, Moore DL, and Stich RW
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- Animals, Antibodies, Bacterial blood, Body Temperature, DNA, Bacterial chemistry, DNA, Bacterial genetics, Dog Diseases blood, Dogs, Ehrlichia canis genetics, Ehrlichiosis blood, Ehrlichiosis microbiology, Female, Fluorescent Antibody Technique veterinary, Hematocrit veterinary, Leukocyte Count veterinary, Male, Platelet Count veterinary, Polymerase Chain Reaction veterinary, Specific Pathogen-Free Organisms, Arthropod Vectors microbiology, Dog Diseases microbiology, Dog Diseases transmission, Ehrlichia canis growth & development, Ehrlichiosis transmission, Ehrlichiosis veterinary, Ixodidae microbiology
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The acquisition and transmission of rickettsial pathogens by different tick developmental stages has important epidemiological implications. The purpose of this study was to determine if male Rhipicephalus sanguineus can experimentally acquire and transmit Ehrlichia canis in the absence of female ticks. Two trials were performed where nymphal and male R. sanguineus were simultaneously acquisition fed on the same infected donor hosts, and transstadially or intrastadially exposed male ticks were fed on separate pathogen-free dogs as a test for transmission. A single-step p30-based PCR assay was used to test canine and tick hosts for E. canis infections before and after tick feeding. E. canis was detected after either intrastadial or transstadial passage in male ticks, the organism remained detectable in both tick groups after transmission feeding, and both tick groups transmitted the rickettsia to susceptible dogs. Infection of dogs via tick feeding resulted in milder clinical signs and lower antibody titers than intravenous inoculation of carrier blood, but further investigation is needed to understand the mechanisms responsible for this observation. These results demonstrate that male R. sanguineus can take multiple feedings, and that they can both acquire and transmit E. canis in the absence of female ticks. This tick development stage could be important in transmission of E. canis, and perhaps related pathogens, between vertebrate hosts under natural and experimental conditions.
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- 2005
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17. Experimental infection of adult and juvenile coyotes with domestic dog and wild coyote isolates of Hepatozoon americanum (Apicomplexa: Adeleorina).
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Garrett JJ, Kocan AA, Reichard MV, Panciera RJ, Bahr RJ, and Ewing SA
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- Age Factors, Animals, Animals, Newborn, Carnivora immunology, Coccidiosis parasitology, Coccidiosis pathology, Coccidiosis transmission, Disease Reservoirs veterinary, Disease Susceptibility veterinary, Dog Diseases pathology, Dog Diseases transmission, Dogs, Female, Femur diagnostic imaging, Femur growth & development, Femur pathology, Host-Parasite Interactions, Male, Muscle, Skeletal parasitology, Muscle, Skeletal pathology, Parasitemia parasitology, Parasitemia pathology, Parasitemia transmission, Radiography, Carnivora parasitology, Coccidiosis veterinary, Dog Diseases parasitology, Eucoccidiida pathogenicity, Parasitemia veterinary
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Each of five adult and four juvenile coyotes (Canis latrans) was exposed to an oral dose of 50 Hepatozoon americanum oocysts recovered from Amblyomma maculatum ticks that previously fed on either naturally infected domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) or naturally infected wild coyotes. All coyotes exposed to H. americanum became infected, regardless of isolate source, and all exhibited mild to moderate clinical disease that simulated American canine hepatozoonosis in naturally infected dogs. At 100 days postexposure, parasitemia was greater in juvenile than adult coyotes (0.9% and 0.3%, respectively); radiographic imaging of femurs revealed moderate exostosis in all juveniles and mild to moderate new bone growth in four of five (80%) adult coyotes. Gross postmortem analysis of bone lesions demonstrated variation between age groups of coyotes but not between isolates of H. americanum. Microscopic evaluation of skeletal muscle revealed that parasite-induced lesions were significantly more numerous (t = 5.0, df = 7, P = 0.001) in juvenile than adult coyotes. Results of this study indicate that juvenile and adult coyotes are equally susceptible to experimental infection with H. americanum isolated from domestic dog and wild coyote sources. The age of coyotes at the time of exposure, and possibly the number of H. americanum oocysts ingested, might influence morbidity and mortality, but it appears that both adult and juvenile coyotes could be reservoirs of H. americanum.
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- 2005
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18. The biology and control of ticks infesting dogs and cats.
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Ewing SA and Panciera RJ
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- Animals, Arachnid Vectors parasitology, Cat Diseases parasitology, Cat Diseases prevention & control, Cats, Coccidiosis parasitology, Coccidiosis transmission, Dog Diseases parasitology, Dog Diseases prevention & control, Dogs, Female, Male, Nymph parasitology, Sex Factors, Tick Control methods, Tick Infestations complications, Tick Infestations parasitology, Ticks parasitology, Cat Diseases transmission, Coccidiosis veterinary, Dog Diseases transmission, Eucoccidiida physiology, Tick Infestations veterinary
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- 2004
19. American canine hepatozoonosis.
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Ewing SA and Panciera RJ
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- Animals, Coccidiosis epidemiology, Coccidiosis parasitology, Dog Diseases parasitology, Dogs, Host-Parasite Interactions, Life Cycle Stages, Ticks growth & development, Ticks parasitology, United States epidemiology, Coccidiosis veterinary, Dog Diseases epidemiology, Eucoccidiida genetics, Eucoccidiida growth & development, Eucoccidiida pathogenicity
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American canine hepatozoonosis (ACH) is a tick-borne disease that is spreading in the southeastern and south-central United States. Characterized by marked leukocytosis and periosteal bone proliferation, ACH is very debilitating and often fatal. Dogs acquire infection by ingesting nymphal or adult Gulf Coast ticks (Amblyomma maculatum) that, in a previous life stage, ingested the parasite in a blood meal taken from some vertebrate intermediate host. ACH is caused by the apicomplexan Hepatozoon americanum and has been differentiated from Old World canine hepatozoonosis caused by H. canis. Unlike H. canis, which is transmitted by the ubiquitous brown dog tick (Rhipicephalus sanguineus), H. americanum is essentially an accidental parasite of dogs, for which Gulf Coast ticks are not favored hosts. The geographic portrait of the disease parallels the known distribution of the Gulf Coast tick, which has expanded in recent years. Thus, the endemic cycle of H. americanum involves A. maculatum as definitive host and some vertebrate intermediate host(s) yet to be identified. Although coyotes (Canis latrans) are known to be infected, it is not known how important this host is in maintaining the endemic cycle. This review covers the biology of the parasite and of the tick that transmits it and contrasts ACH with classical canine hepatozoonosis. Clinical aspects of the disease are discussed, including diagnosis and treatment, and puzzling epidemiologic issues are examined. Brief consideration is given to the potential for ACH to be used as a model for study of angiogenesis and of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy.
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- 2003
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20. Persistence of Hepatozoon americanum (Apicomplexa: Adeleorina) in a naturally infected dog.
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Ewing SA, Panciera RJ, and Mathew JS
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- Animals, Arachnid Vectors parasitology, Carrier State parasitology, Carrier State veterinary, Coccidiosis parasitology, Disease Reservoirs veterinary, Dogs, Ixodidae parasitology, Male, Muscle, Skeletal parasitology, Specific Pathogen-Free Organisms, Coccidiosis veterinary, Dog Diseases parasitology, Eucoccidiida physiology
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To determine the persistence of Hepatozoon americanum in a naturally infected dog, skeletal muscle biopsies were performed at approximately 6-mo intervals over a period of 5.5 yr, and the samples were examined for presence of lesions of American canine hepatozoonosis (ACH). Nymphal Amblyomma maculatum (Gulf Coast tick) were allowed to feed to repletion on the dog periodically over the 5.5-yr period, and adult ticks were dissected and examined for presence of H. americanum oocysts. With 3 exceptions, the biopsied muscle contained lesions characteristic of ACH; no evidence of infection was found at 36, 54, and 67 mo after the original diagnosis. In every instance, nymphal Gulf Coast ticks became infected, indicating that dogs naturally infected with H. americanum can remain infectious for Gulf Coast ticks for at least 5.5 yr. Skeletal muscle biopsy is a reasonably reliable method of determining whether dogs are infected with the parasite. Xenodiagnosis using nymphal Gulf Coast ticks is an even more sensitive method, but the procedure is practicable only experimentally. Design of prevention and control measures for ACH must take into account knowledge that the parasite can survive in dogs, and presumably other vertebrate host(s), for long periods. Preventing ingestion of Gulf Coast ticks is an effective control measure.
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21. American canine hepatozoonosis.
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Panciera RJ and Ewing SA
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- Animals, Coccidiosis parasitology, Coccidiosis pathology, Coccidiosis transmission, Dog Diseases pathology, Dog Diseases transmission, Dogs, Eucoccidiida physiology, Female, Host-Parasite Interactions, Male, Nymph parasitology, Arachnid Vectors parasitology, Coccidiosis veterinary, Dog Diseases parasitology, Eucoccidiida growth & development, Ticks parasitology
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American canine hepatozoonosis is an emerging, tick-transmitted infection of domestic dogs caused by a recently recognized species of apicomplexan parasite, Hepatozoon americanum. The known definitive host of the protozoan is the Gulf Coast tick, Amblyomma maculatum. Presently recognized intermediate hosts include the domestic dog and the coyote, Canis latrans. Laboratory-reared larval or nymphal A. maculatum can be infected readily by feeding to repletion on a parasitemic intermediate host; sporogony requires 35-40 days. Transmission of infection to the dog has been produced experimentally by oral administration of mature oocysts or oocyst-containing ticks. Canine disease follows experimental exposure in 4-6 weeks and is characterized by systemic illness, extreme neutrophilic leukocytosis, muscle and bone pain, and proliferation of periosteal bone. Histopathological findings include multifocal skeletal and cardiac myositis associated with escape of mature merozoites from within the host-cell environment. There is also rapid onset of periosteal activation and osteogenesis and, less frequently, glomerulopathy and amyloidosis. Sequential stages of development of H. americanum in both the dog and the tick have been elucidated. Gamonts potentially infectious to ticks have been observed in peripheral blood leukocytes of the dog in as few as 28 days after exposure to oocysts. Young coyotes experimentally exposed to a canine strain of H. americanum acquired disease indistinguishable from that of similarly exposed young dogs.
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- 2003
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22. Canine hepatozoonosis: two disease syndromes caused by separate Hepatozoon spp.
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Baneth G, Mathew JS, Shkap V, Macintire DK, Barta JR, and Ewing SA
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- Animals, Coccidiosis parasitology, Coccidiosis pathology, Coccidiosis transmission, Dog Diseases pathology, Dog Diseases transmission, Dogs, Life Cycle Stages, Models, Biological, Phylogeny, Syndrome, Ticks parasitology, Coccidiosis veterinary, Dog Diseases parasitology, Eucoccidiida classification, Eucoccidiida growth & development, Eucoccidiida pathogenicity
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- 2003
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23. Detection of Ehrlichia canis in canine carrier blood and in individual experimentally infected ticks with a p30-based PCR assay.
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Stich RW, Rikihisa Y, Ewing SA, Needham GR, Grover DL, and Jittapalapong S
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- Animals, Bacterial Proteins metabolism, Base Sequence, Blood microbiology, Dogs, Ehrlichia genetics, Ehrlichiosis microbiology, Ehrlichiosis veterinary, Sensitivity and Specificity, Sequence Analysis, DNA, Bacterial Proteins genetics, Carrier State microbiology, Dog Diseases microbiology, Ehrlichia isolation & purification, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Ticks microbiology
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Detection of vector-borne pathogens is necessary for investigation of their association with vertebrate and invertebrate hosts. The ability to detect Ehrlichia spp. within individual experimentally infected ticks would be valuable for studies to evaluate the relative competence of different vector species and transmission scenarios. The purpose of this study was to develop a sensitive PCR assay based on oligonucleotide sequences from the unique Ehrlichia canis gene, p30, to facilitate studies that require monitoring this pathogen in canine and tick hosts during experimental transmission. Homologous sequences for Ehrlichia chaffeensis p28 were compared to sequences of primers derived from a sequence conserved among E. canis isolates. Criteria for primer selection included annealing scores, identity of the primers to homologous E. chaffeensis sequences, and the availability of similarly optimal primers that were nested within the target template sequence. The p30-based assay was at least 100-fold more sensitive than a previously reported nested 16S ribosomal DNA (rDNA)-based assay and did not amplify the 200-bp target amplicon from E. chaffeensis, the human granulocytic ehrlichiosis agent, or Ehrlichia muris DNA. The assay was used to detect E. canis in canine carrier blood and in experimentally infected Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks. Optimized procedures for preparing tissues from these hosts for PCR assay are described. Our results indicated that this p30-based PCR assay will be useful for experimental investigations, that it has potential as a routine test, and that this approach to PCR assay design may be applicable to other pathogens that occur at low levels in affected hosts.
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- 2002
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24. Larval Gulf Coast ticks (Amblyomma maculatum) [Acari: Ixodidae] as host for Hepatozoon americanum [Apicomplexa: Adeleorina].
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Ewing SA, DuBois JG, Mathew JS, and Panciera RJ
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- Animals, Coccidiosis parasitology, Coccidiosis transmission, Dog Diseases parasitology, Dogs, Eucoccidiida growth & development, Host-Parasite Interactions, Larva, Nymph parasitology, Sheep, Sheep Diseases parasitology, Tick Infestations transmission, Arachnid Vectors parasitology, Coccidiosis veterinary, Dog Diseases transmission, Eucoccidiida pathogenicity, Ixodidae parasitology, Tick Infestations veterinary
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Laboratory-reared larval Gulf Coast ticks (GCTs) (Amblyomma maculatum) were exposed experimentally and found to acquire Hepatozoon americanum infection while feeding on parasitemic dogs. These ticks supported gamogonic and sporogonic development of the apicomplexan, and oocysts from newly molted nymphs were infectious for a dog. Other nymphs from this cohort that were allowed to feed on a blood-parasite naive sheep molted normally; the resulting adult ticks contained oocysts that were infectious for another dog. Merogonic development of H. americanum in the dogs and the resulting lesions/disease appeared similar, irrespective of whether infectious oocysts were derived from nymphal or adult ticks that acquired infection as larvae. In the system previously known, nymphal ticks acquire infection and adults harbor infective oocysts, which vertebrate hosts ingest. Given that larval A. maculatum can acquire infection and nymphs can harbor viable oocysts as demonstrated by this study, the potential variety of vertebrate hosts that can alternate with GCTs in maintaining an endemic cycle is considerably expanded.
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- 2002
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25. Comparison of tissue stages of Hepatozoon americanum in the dog using immunohistochemical and routine histologic methods.
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Panciera RJ, Mathew JS, Cummings CA, Duffy JC, Ewing SA, and Kocan AA
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- Animals, Coccidiosis parasitology, Coccidiosis pathology, Dog Diseases pathology, Dogs, Host-Parasite Interactions, Immunohistochemistry veterinary, Muscle, Skeletal parasitology, Muscle, Skeletal pathology, Rabbits, Coccidiosis veterinary, Dog Diseases parasitology, Eucoccidiida growth & development
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American canine hepatozoonosis is caused by Hepatozoon americanum, a recently described species of apicomplexan protozoan parasite. An immunohistochemical procedure using a polyclonal antibody to sporozoites of H. americanum clearly identified asexual stages of H. americanum in canine striated muscle. The method also detects hepatozoa present in naturally infected coyotes and raccoons and reacts with certain other apicomplexans. Use of this immunohistochemical procedure confirms the canine intermediate host-parasite relationships that were presumptively established using conventional histopathologic methods.
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- 2001
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26. An indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for diagnosis of American canine hepatozoonosis.
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Mathew JS, Saliki JT, Ewing SA, Lehenbauer TW, Panciera RJ, Malayer JR, Cummings CA, and Kocan AA
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- Animals, Biopsy, Coccidia immunology, Coccidiosis diagnosis, Diagnosis, Differential, Dog Diseases diagnosis, Dogs, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay veterinary, Muscle, Skeletal pathology, Sensitivity and Specificity, Tick-Borne Diseases, Coccidia pathogenicity, Coccidiosis veterinary, Dog Diseases parasitology
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American canine hepatozoonosis (ACH), caused by Hepatozoon americanum, is an emerging tick-borne disease of dogs. An indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) that should facilitate diagnosis of infection and study of the epidemiology of ACH has been developed using H. americanum sporozoites as antigen. Efficacy of the new test as a diagnostic tool was compared with that of skeletal muscle biopsy, the current gold standard for confirming H. americanum infection. Results show that the test is sensitive (93%) and specific (96%) and that it is as reliable as histopathologic examination of skeletal muscle for detecting infection. The ELISA would be suitable as a routine laboratory test for diagnosis of ACH.
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- 2001
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27. Ocular histopathology of Ehrlichial infections in the dog.
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Panciera RJ, Ewing SA, and Confer AW
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- Animals, Brain microbiology, Brain pathology, Dog Diseases pathology, Dogs, Ehrlichiosis microbiology, Ehrlichiosis pathology, Ehrlichiosis transmission, Eye microbiology, Eye pathology, Histocytochemistry veterinary, Humans, Ixodes microbiology, Meningitis, Bacterial microbiology, Meningitis, Bacterial pathology, Meningitis, Bacterial transmission, Uveal Diseases pathology, Dog Diseases microbiology, Ehrlichia pathogenicity, Ehrlichiosis veterinary, Meningitis, Bacterial veterinary, Uveal Diseases microbiology
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Histologic examination of eyes and brains of 27 dogs experimentally infected with either Ehrlichia canis, E. ewingii, E. chaffeensis, or human granulocytic ehrlichia (HGE) was conducted in the course of several experiments, the primary objectives of which were to investigate the susceptibility of the domestic dog to infection with various ehrlichial species and to assess the ability of ixodid tick species to acquire and transmit those infections. Uveitis and meningitis occurred in each of the dogs infected with E. canis but was not observed in dogs infected with the other Ehrlichia species. The inflammatory infiltrate was predominantly lymphocytic, monocytic, and plasmacytic; granulocytes were notably few. Ocular inflammation was most common and most intense in the ciliary body, becoming less intense in the choroid, iris, and retina, respectively. Meningitis was often accompanied by mild neuroparenchymal vascular cuffing and gliosis. The meningeal inflammatory cell infiltrate included a prominent monocyte population. Ocular and meningeal lesions were present in all E. canis-infected dogs from 22 through 200 days postexposure. Neither ocular nor brain lesions were observed with any of the other ehrlichial infections.
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- 2001
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28. Efficacy of a modified polymerase chain reaction assay for detection of Ehrlichia canis infection.
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Mathew JS, Ewing SA, Malayer JR, Fox JC, and Kocan KM
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- Animals, Biotinylation, DNA Primers, DNA, Bacterial genetics, Dog Diseases microbiology, Dogs, Ehrlichiosis diagnosis, Ehrlichiosis genetics, Polymerase Chain Reaction veterinary, Sensitivity and Specificity, DNA, Bacterial analysis, Dog Diseases diagnosis, Ehrlichia genetics, Ehrlichiosis veterinary
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Detection of Ehrlichia canis in acutely infected and convalescent dogs is important for effective treatment and control. However, accurate detection has been difficult to achieve, in part because dogs that have been treated therapeutically often remain seropositive for extended periods. A new method, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay using biotinylated E. canis-specific primers (PCR-BP), was developed for detection of E. canis. Four dogs experimentally infected with E. canis by intravenous inoculation of whole blood from carrier dogs and 2 naturally infected convalescent carriers were used to compare the specificity and sensitivity of the new method with that of microscopy/blood smear evaluation, serologic test, and conventional PCR assay using E. canis-specific primers. In experimentally infected animals, infection was detected as early as 7 days post-exposure using PCR-BP. Although the 2 naturally infected dogs were positive by serologic test and PCR-BP, both were negative by conventional PCR. Results suggest that the new method is a sensitive assay for detection of E. canis infection. In addition, results were obtained more rapidly than with other PCR-based assays.
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- 2000
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29. American canine hepatozoonosis. An emerging disease in the New World.
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Ewing SA, Panciera RJ, Mathew JS, Cummings CA, and Kocan AA
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- Animals, Antiprotozoal Agents therapeutic use, Coccidiosis diagnosis, Coccidiosis drug therapy, DNA, Ribosomal genetics, Dog Diseases diagnosis, Dog Diseases drug therapy, Dogs, Eucoccidiida genetics, Eucoccidiida physiology, Ixodes parasitology, Life Cycle Stages, RNA, Ribosomal, 18S genetics, Texas, United States, Vertebrates, Coccidiosis veterinary, Dog Diseases epidemiology, Eucoccidiida classification
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Hepatozoon canis was first described from dogs in 1905 in India and Rhipicephalus sanguineus was identified as the vector. Dogs on the Texas Gulf Coast were recognized in 1978 to have hepatozoonosis, and it was thought that H. canis had entered the New World. Later, it was realized that American canine hepatozoonosis (ACH) is more debilitating than its Old World counterpart, often resulting in death. When the malady and parasite were characterized, a new species, H. americanum, was described, in 1997. Phylogenetic analysis, based on 18S rRNA gene sequence and classical taxonomic features, revealed that the two dog parasites are closely related. Amblyomma maculatum, the Gulf Coast tick (GCT), has been demonstrated to be an excellent vector; nymphal ticks were readily infected and oocysts from newly molted adults were uniformly infectious for dogs. The merogonic cycle of H. americanum in dogs and the sporogonic development in the invertebrate host have been described. ACH is diagnosed primarily by histologic examination of skeletal muscle. Curative therapy is not available, but anti-protozoal and anti-inflammatory drugs may prolong life. Naturally infected coyotes have been found in Oklahoma and Texas, and experimental infections have been produced in this canid. Additional effort is needed to determine the vertebrate host range of H. americanum and to define the enzootic cycle of which dogs have become a part; likewise, more work is required to determine whether larval GCTs can acquire infection and transmit it as nymphs.
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30. Canine hepatozoonosis: comparison of lesions and parasites in skeletal muscle of dogs experimentally or naturally infected with Hepatozoon americanum.
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Panciera RJ, Ewing SA, Mathew JS, Lehenbauer TW, Cummings CA, and Woods JP
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- Animals, Arachnid Vectors parasitology, Biopsy veterinary, Coccidiosis parasitology, Coccidiosis pathology, Dog Diseases pathology, Dogs, Host-Parasite Interactions, Male, Muscle, Skeletal pathology, Tick-Borne Diseases parasitology, Tick-Borne Diseases pathology, Ticks parasitology, Time Factors, Coccidiosis veterinary, Dog Diseases parasitology, Eucoccidiida pathogenicity, Muscle, Skeletal parasitology, Tick-Borne Diseases veterinary
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We report previously undescribed, early lesions in skeletal muscle of dogs experimentally infected with Hepatozoon americanum by ingestion of laboratory-reared, infected Amblyomma maculatum. The earliest muscle lesion was recognized at the first interval of examination 3 weeks following exposure. The lesion consisted of a large, modified host cell whose cytoplasm frequently contained a demonstrable parasite. In skeletal muscle, the cell was consistently located between muscle fibers or in loose connective tissue adjacent to those fibers. Evidence suggesting that the parasite arrives in muscle and other tissue within the host cell cytoplasm is presented. Mucopolysaccharide encystment of the host cell, absent at this early stage, was acquired gradually and approached maximal development 26 weeks post exposure. Completion of the asexual cycle as evidenced by the presence of parasites entering vascular lumens within granulomas and also by the presence of gamonts in peripheral blood leukocytes, occurred within 28-32 days postexposure. Progression of the parasite cycle from meront to passage of zoites into vessel lumens of granulomas can occur in 11 or fewer days. The density with which parasitic lesions occur in one named skeletal muscle compared to other named muscles, although somewhat variable, was not significantly different in either experimentally induced or natural infections. The distribution of developmental stages of the parasite/lesion in four experimental infections (969 lesions) is compared with those in eight dogs with natural infections (557 lesions).
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- 1999
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31. Experimental transmission of Hepatozoon americanum Vincent-Johnson et al., 1997 to dogs by the Gulf Coast tick, Amblyomma maculatum Koch.
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Mathew JS, Ewing SA, Panciera RJ, and Woods JP
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- Animals, Body Temperature, Coccidiosis transmission, Dog Diseases immunology, Dogs, Eucoccidiida cytology, Female, Leukocyte Count veterinary, Male, Muscle, Skeletal parasitology, Nymph parasitology, Southeastern United States, Specific Pathogen-Free Organisms, Tick-Borne Diseases immunology, Tick-Borne Diseases transmission, Arachnid Vectors parasitology, Coccidiosis veterinary, Dog Diseases transmission, Eucoccidiida immunology, Tick-Borne Diseases veterinary, Ticks parasitology
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Experimental transmission of Hepatozoon americanum to dogs was attempted with four ixodid ticks, viz., Rhipicephalus sanguineus, Amblyomma americanum, Amblyomma maculatum and Dermacentor variabilis. Ticks that dogs ingested included some that were laboratory-reared and experimentally fed as nymphs on a dog with naturally occurring hepatozoonosis; other ticks were collected as replete or partially engorged larvae, nymphs and adults from dogs that had hepatozoonosis and natural infestations of ticks. Whole ticks used to expose susceptible dogs orally were partially dissected to help release oocysts. Among eight dogs exposed, only the three that were fed A. maculatum adults experimentally acquisition fed as nymphs became infected. Dogs developed elevated body temperature and other evidence of clinical disease starting 4 weeks after exposure. 'Cysts' typical of H. americanum were found in skeletal muscle when samples were first examined 5 weeks after dogs ingested ticks, and parasites were also observed in peripheral blood smears at approximately the same time. Our study demonstrates that A. maculatum nymphs can acquire H. americanum by feeding on a parasitemic dog and that transstadial transmission of the protozoan occurs, with dogs acquiring infection when they ingest newly molted adult ticks.
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- 1998
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32. A molecular and serologic survey of Ehrlichia canis, E. chaffeensis, and E. ewingii in dogs and ticks from Oklahoma.
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Murphy GL, Ewing SA, Whitworth LC, Fox JC, and Kocan AA
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- Animals, Base Sequence, Blotting, Southern, DNA blood, DNA, Bacterial blood, Dog Diseases microbiology, Dogs, Ehrlichia genetics, Ehrlichia isolation & purification, Ehrlichiosis epidemiology, Geography, Humans, Oklahoma epidemiology, Polymerase Chain Reaction methods, Seroepidemiologic Studies, Dog Diseases epidemiology, Ehrlichia classification, Ehrlichia chaffeensis genetics, Ehrlichia chaffeensis isolation & purification, Ehrlichiosis veterinary, Ticks microbiology
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Polymerase chain reaction and Southern hybridization were used to survey for the presence of Ehrlichia canis, Ehrlichia chaffeensis, and Ehrlichia ewingii in blood samples of 65 dogs that harbored ticks from northcentral and northeastern Oklahoma. Dog blood samples were also examined for antibodies against E. canis and E. chaffeensis, using an immunofluorescent antibody test. Ten of 65 dogs (15.4%) examined were positive for Ehrlichia spp. by PCR. Four (6.2%) were positive for E. ewingii, 2 (3.1%) for E. canis, and 4 (6.2%) for E. chaffeensis. Seven dogs (10.8%) were seropositive for E. canis or E. chaffeensis. Ticks collected from PCR-positive dogs were examined by PCR for the presence of Ehrlichia DNA. Several groups of ticks were PCR-positive for E. ewingii or E. canis. E. canis was detected in Rhipicephalus sanguineus, which is considered the major vector for that organism. E. ewingii was detected in a larger variety of ticks, including the only known vector Amblyomma americanum, as well as in Dermacentor variabilis and R. sanguineus. Results suggest that Ehrlichia spp. which are canine and human pathogens circulate in dogs in Oklahoma and in several tick species that feed on dogs.
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- 1998
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33. Morphologic and molecular evidence of a dual species ehrlichial infection in a dog presenting with inflammatory central nervous system disease.
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Meinkoth JH, Ewing SA, Cowell RL, Dawson JE, Warner CK, Mathew JS, Bowles M, Thiessen AE, Panciera RJ, and Fox C
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- Animals, Central Nervous System Diseases parasitology, DNA analysis, Diagnosis, Differential, Dog Diseases diagnosis, Dogs, Ehrlichia genetics, Ehrlichiosis diagnosis, Male, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Central Nervous System Diseases veterinary, Dog Diseases parasitology, Ehrlichia pathogenicity, Ehrlichiosis veterinary
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- 1998
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34. Observations on tissue stages of Hepatozoon americanum in 19 naturally infected dogs.
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Panciera RJ, Ewing SA, Mathew JS, Cummings CA, Kocan AA, Breshears MA, and Fox JC
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- Animals, Coccidiosis parasitology, Coccidiosis pathology, Dogs, Eucoccidiida physiology, Granuloma parasitology, Granuloma pathology, Granuloma veterinary, Host-Parasite Interactions, Muscle, Skeletal parasitology, Muscle, Skeletal pathology, Coccidiosis veterinary, Dog Diseases parasitology, Eucoccidiida ultrastructure
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Lesions and associated tissue stages of Hepatozoon americanum in 19 naturally infected dogs are described. Schizogony takes place in an unidentified host cell which, during the early stages of the asexual cycle, is contained within a broad, multilamellar mucopolysaccharide 'cyst.' Material forming the cyst appears to be host-derived. An intense inflammatory response follows rupture of the schizont and disintegration of the cyst wall. There is unusually intense angiogenesis associated with the resulting granulomatous inflammation initiated by the freed merozoites. Phagocytized zoites enter the canine circulatory system through the walls of these vessels. Evidence is presented that suggests a single infecting episode can cause prolonged (> or = 9 months) infection, and further, that infection is perpetuated by repeated asexual cycles. Parasites in peripheral blood leukocytes include both those with and without a visible nucleus.
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- 1998
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35. Experimental transmission of Ehrlichia canis (Rickettsiales: Ehrlichieae) by Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae).
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Johnson EM, Ewing SA, Barker RW, Fox JC, Crow DW, and Kocan KM
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- Anesthetics, Dissociative pharmacology, Animals, Dogs, Ehrlichia drug effects, Ehrlichiosis transmission, Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect veterinary, Ketamine pharmacology, Leukocyte Count veterinary, Lung microbiology, Nymph microbiology, Platelet Count veterinary, Xylazine pharmacology, Arachnid Vectors microbiology, Dermacentor microbiology, Dog Diseases transmission, Ehrlichia physiology, Ehrlichiosis veterinary
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Four trials were conducted in which laboratory-reared Dermacentor variabilis nymphs were exposed to Ehrlichia canis by feeding on experimentally infected dogs as soon as classical morulae were detected in peripheral blood monocytes. After molting 25, 50 or 90 adult tick pairs were permitted to feed on 7 Ehrlichia-naive dogs. Transmission occurred in trials 1 (1/1 dog), 3 (1/1 dog) and 4 (2/2 dogs) but not in trial 2 (0/3 dogs), with 4 of 7 dogs becoming infected. Successful transstadial transmission was demonstrated by detection of morulae in peripheral blood lymphocytes and by seroconversion to Ehrlichia canis 30 d post-exposure. Incubation periods ranged between 17 and 22 days (mean = 19). Clinical signs, typical of ehrlichiosis, included mucopurulent ocular discharge, lymphadenopathy and malaise with accompanying pyrexia, leukopenia and thrombocytopenia. Pyrexia, thrombocytopenia and erythrophagocytosis and vacuolization of the cytoplasm of monocytic cells were observed 1-4 d prior to detection of morulae. This is the first demonstration that a tick other than Rhipicephalus sanguineus is capable of transstadial transmission of this important pathogen of dogs.
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- 1998
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36. Dogs infected with a human granulocytotropic Ehrlichia spp. (Rickettsiales: Ehrlichieae).
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Ewing SA, Dawson JE, Panciera RJ, Mathew JS, Pratt KW, Katavolos P, and Telford SR 3rd
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- Animals, Arachnid Vectors microbiology, Dog Diseases transmission, Dogs, Ehrlichia isolation & purification, Ehrlichiosis microbiology, Ehrlichiosis transmission, HL-60 Cells, Humans, Ixodes microbiology, Mice, Mice, Inbred C3H, Disease Reservoirs, Dog Diseases microbiology, Ehrlichiosis veterinary, Granulocytes microbiology
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Dogs were found to be susceptible to human granulocytotropic Ehrlichia spp. Infection was produced through the bite of Ixodes scapularis Say (= dammini Spielman, Clifford, Piesman & Corwin) nymphs and adults that acquired infection while feeding as larvae on experimentally infected mice. Dogs were also infected by intravenous injection of mouse blood or dog blood from parasitemic donors. Parasites were demonstrable in neutrophils within 8 or 9 d after nymphs began feeding; prepatent periods were longer when infection was induced by adult tick feeding (18 d) or by transfusion of mouse blood (12 d). The shortest prepatent period observed was 5 d in a dog infected by transfusion of blood from a parasitemic dog. Infections in dogs were mild and apparently transient. Mild thrombocytopenia was the most commonly observed abnormality. Parasites could be detected by light microscopy during the acute phase of infection (4 or 5 d) and parasite DNA by polymerase chain reaction as early as 5 d after exposure but not at 6-9 d after morulae were first observed in neutrophils. Likewise, dog blood was infectious for mice at 2 d but not at 25 d, and for dogs at 3 d but not at 13 d after morulae were first observed in neutrophils. Seroconversion occurred as early as 11 d after onset of tick feeding and persisted until dogs were euthanatized. Gross and histopathologic lesions were similar to those observed in dogs with E. canis (Donatien & Lestoquard), E. chaffeensis Anderson, Dawson & Wilson, and E. ewingii Anderson, Greene, Jones & Dawson infections but were generally milder than any of these. The moderate enlargement of lymphoid organs observed grossly was reflected histologically as mild to moderate reactive hyperplasia, which was largely follicular (B cell).
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- 1997
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37. Attempted transmission of human granulocytotropic Ehrlichia (HGE) by Amblyomma americanum and Amblyomma maculatum.
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Ewing SA, Dawson JE, Mathew JS, Barker RW, Pratt KW, and Telford SR 3rd
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- Animals, Bacteremia veterinary, Dog Diseases microbiology, Dogs, Ehrlichiosis microbiology, Ehrlichiosis transmission, Humans, Arachnid Vectors microbiology, Dog Diseases transmission, Ehrlichia, Ehrlichiosis veterinary, Ticks microbiology
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Transstadial transmission of human granulocytotrophic Ehrlichia (HGE) was attempted in dogs using Amblyomma americanum (L.) and A. maculatum Koch, two species that, as adults, feed readily on human beings. Larvae and nymphs were acquisition-fed on a dog that was parasitemic with HGE. Two months later, following digestion of the blood meal and subsequent molting to nymphal or adult stage, these ticks were fed to repletion on HGE-naive dogs. None of the dogs developed clinical evidence of ehrlichiosis. Parasites were not observed in blood smears by light microscopy, HGE DNA was not detected by polymerase chain reaction, and none of the dogs seroconverted. Based on this trial, we conclude that, unlike E. chaffeensis, HGE is probably not transmitted from dog to dog by either A. americanum or A. maculatum.
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- 1997
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38. Characterization of a new isolate of Ehrlichia platys (Order Rickettsiales) using electron microscopy and polymerase chain reaction.
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Mathew JS, Ewing SA, Murphy GL, Kocan KM, Corstvet RE, and Fox JC
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- Animals, Base Sequence, Blood Platelets microbiology, Blood Platelets ultrastructure, DNA Primers, Dogs, Ehrlichia isolation & purification, Ehrlichia ultrastructure, Ehrlichiosis blood, Ehrlichiosis microbiology, Microscopy, Electron, Molecular Sequence Data, Platelet Count, Polymerase Chain Reaction methods, Thrombocytopenia etiology, Thrombocytopenia veterinary, DNA, Bacterial blood, Dog Diseases, Ehrlichia classification, Ehrlichiosis veterinary
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A mixed-breed pup approximately 3 months old obtained in north central Oklahoma by the Laboratory Animal Resources Unit of Oklahoma State University presented with platelet inclusions. The dog developed severe thrombocytopenia (< 10,000 microliters-1) following the appearance of inclusions. Blood films were monitored daily and when about 75% of platelets had inclusions, samples were collected in EDTA and processed for electron microscopic (EM) studies and polymerase chain reaction (PCR). EM studies on glutaraldehyde-fixed buffy coat revealed rickettsia-like inclusions in numerous platelets. Serologic examination, using Ehrlichia platys antigen, showed high titre suggestive of E. platys infection. PCR primers derived from a highly variable region of the 16S rRNA gene sequence of E. platys were used to specifically amplify that region of the parasite's DNA. Sequencing of the PCR product obtained by general Ehrlichia primers showed one nucleotide difference from the published sequence for E. platys which suggests possible strain variation of this intracellular parasite. Our results indicate that PCR may be a useful tool in the diagnosis of E. platys infection and that, like other Ehrlichia spp., E. platys isolates may vary.
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- 1997
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39. Attempted transmission of Ehrlichia canis by Rhipicephalus sanguineus after passage in cell culture.
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Mathew JS, Ewing SA, Barker RW, Fox JC, Dawson JE, Warner CK, Murphy GL, and Kocan KM
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- Animals, Arachnid Vectors microbiology, Body Temperature, Cells, Cultured, Dogs, Ehrlichiosis veterinary, Immunoglobulin G blood, Time Factors, Dog Diseases transmission, Ehrlichia physiology, Ehrlichiosis transmission, Ticks microbiology
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Objectives: To compare the transmissibility by the brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus, of a recent isolate of Ehrlichia canis (Ebony) with that of another isolate (Oklahoma) that had been passaged in cell culture, and to assess the genetic similarity of the 2 isolates as reflected in the nucleotide (NT) sequence of 16S rDNA., Animals: 13 healthy dogs of various ages and breeds., Procedure: Larval and nymphal ticks were acquisition fed on acutely infected dogs, and, after molting, they were transmission fed as nymphs and adults, respectively, on Ehrlichia-naive dogs. All dogs were monitored daily by blood smear evaluation for evidence of parasitized leukocytes and by physical examination for clinical signs of ehrlichiosis. Serologic and hematologic values were measured weekly. Using a nested polymerase chain reaction, the 16S rDNA was amplified, and the NT sequence of the template DNA was determined., Results: The Ebony isolate of E canis was successfully transmitted to dogs by nymphal and adult ticks. In contrast, no ticks that fed on dogs harboring the cell-cultured isolate (Oklahoma) transmitted it to dogs. On the basis of 16S rDNA sequence, the 2 isolates were 99.9% similar, with only 1 NT difference., Conclusions: These results reconfirm the vector potential of R sanguineus for E canis. Passage of the Oklahoma isolate of E canis in cell culture apparently adversely affected its transmissibility by ticks, raising the possibility that cell-cultured isolates of this rickettsia may lose their affinity for ticks. Determination of 16S rDNA sequence suggests minor strain variation within the species E canis.
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- 1996
40. Western immunoblot analysis of Ehrlichia chaffeensis, E. canis, or E. ewingii infections in dogs and humans.
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Rikihisa Y, Ewing SA, and Fox JC
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- Animals, Cell Line, Convalescence, Cross Reactions, Dog Diseases microbiology, Dogs, Ehrlichia classification, Ehrlichia genetics, Ehrlichia isolation & purification, Ehrlichia chaffeensis immunology, Ehrlichia chaffeensis isolation & purification, Ehrlichiosis microbiology, Ehrlichiosis veterinary, Humans, Immune Sera, Macrophages microbiology, Antibodies, Bacterial immunology, Antigens, Bacterial immunology, Blotting, Western, Dog Diseases immunology, Ehrlichia immunology, Ehrlichiosis immunology
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Ehrlichia chaffeensis, E. canis, and E. ewingii are genetically closely related, as determined by 16S rRNA gene base sequence comparison, but they exhibit biologic differences. E. chaffeensis is the etiologic agent of human ehrlichiosis. E. canis and E. ewingii cause two distinctly different forms of canine ehrlichiosis and infect different types of leukocytes, monocytes and granulocytes, respectively. E. chaffeensis can also infect dogs. In the study, Western immunoblot analysis of sera from dogs inoculated with E. chaffeensis, E. canis, or E. ewingii was performed to determine antigenic specificity and the intensities of the reactions to purified E. chaffeensis and E. canis antigens. At 2 to 3 weeks postexposure, antisera from four dogs inoculated with E. chaffeensis reacted with 64-, 47-, 31-, and 29-kDa proteins of E. chaffeensis but reacted poorly with E. canis antigen. In contrast, at 2 to 3 weeks postexposure, antisera from four E. canis-inoculated dogs reacted strongly with the 30-kDa major antigen of E. canis but reacted poorly with proteins from E. chaffeensis. At 4 weeks postexposure, the sera from three E. ewingii-inoculated dogs showed weak binding to 64- and 47-kDa proteins of both E. chaffeensis and E. canis. Convalescent-phase sera from human ehrlichiosis patients and sera from dogs chronically infected with E. ewingii strongly reacted with similar sets of proteins of E. chaffeensis and E. canis with similar intensities. However, sera from dogs chronically infected with E. canis reacted more strongly with a greater number of E. canis proteins than with E. chaffeensis proteins. The protein specificity described in the report suggests that dogs with E. canis infections can be distinguished from E. chaffeensis-infected animals by Western immunoblot analysis with both E. canis and E. chaffeensis antigens.
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- 1994
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41. Susceptibility of dogs to infection with Ehrlichia chaffeensis, causative agent of human ehrlichiosis.
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Dawson JE and Ewing SA
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- Animals, Antibodies, Bacterial biosynthesis, Body Temperature, Disease Susceptibility, Dog Diseases blood, Dog Diseases microbiology, Dogs, Ehrlichia immunology, Ehrlichiosis blood, Ehrlichiosis immunology, Ehrlichiosis microbiology, Erythrocyte Count veterinary, Female, Leukocyte Count veterinary, Male, Platelet Count veterinary, Dog Diseases immunology, Ehrlichia pathogenicity, Ehrlichiosis veterinary
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Ehrlichia chaffeensis, the newly recognized agent of human ehrlichiosis, is closely related to E canis, the causative agent of canine ehrlichiosis. Eight pups were inoculated IV with E chaffeensis-, or with E canis-infected DH82 cells, or organisms released from these host cells. Two additional pups served as nonexposed controls. Marked thrombocytopenia was observed in the E canis-infected pups, but not in those infected with E chaffeensis. Homologous serologic response was observed in the E chaffeensis-exposed pups by postinoculation day (PID) 14 and in the E canis-exposed pups by PID 21. Ehrlichia chaffeensis and E canis were reisolated from the respective inoculated pups on each of 8 attempts from PID 7 to 26. One E chaffeensis-exposed pup that was challenge exposed with E canis via blood transfusion, developed fever, anorexia, and thrombocytopenia, suggesting lack of cross protection against E canis.
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- 1992
42. Analyses of Ehrlichia canis and a canine granulocytic Ehrlichia infection.
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Rikihisa Y, Ewing SA, Fox JC, Siregar AG, Pasaribu FH, and Malole MB
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- Animals, Antibodies, Bacterial biosynthesis, Antigens, Bacterial immunology, Blotting, Western, Dogs, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Immunoglobulin G biosynthesis, Pancytopenia veterinary, Rickettsiaceae Infections blood, Dog Diseases microbiology, Ehrlichia immunology, Granulocytes microbiology, Rickettsiaceae Infections veterinary
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Ehrlichia canis and canine granulocytic Ehrlichia sp. (CGE) infect canine monocytes and granulocytes, respectively. E. canis has been cultured in vitro and used to develop an immunofluorescence assay. CGE has not been cultured, and a serologic assay is not available. The sera of dogs infected with CGE were reported to react with E. canis by immunofluorescence. In this study, the temporal response of immunoglobulin G (IgG) was determined by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) with purified E. canis antigen in four dogs experimentally infected with E. canis, in two dogs experimentally infected with CGE, and in one dog infected with E. canis and subsequently infected with CGE. E. canis-infected dogs developed an IgG ELISA result of 1.5 or greater for the optical density signal/noise ratio by 2 months postinfection. CGE challenge of a dog with a previous E. canis infection induced an anamnestic increase in the IgG ELISA result; however, CGE infection alone did not induce a significant IgG ELISA response. Western immunoblot analysis showed that dogs infected with E. canis developed antibodies initially that reacted with low-molecular-mass proteins (30, 24, and 21 kDa) and subsequently with higher-molecular-mass proteins (160, 100, 78, 64, 47, and 40 kDa). In contrast, CGE-infected dogs showed reactions with the same higher-molecular-mass proteins of E. canis but, unlike E. canis-infected dogs, not with the low-molecular-mass proteins of E. canis. Of 10 serum samples collected in the field of Indonesia from dogs with tropical canine pancytopenia, all had an optical density signal minus noise value of 2.54 or greater in the IgG ELISA and reacted with E. canis antigen in a pattern similar to that of serum samples from dogs experimentally infected with E. canis in Western immunoblotting. This study suggests that the IgG ELISA and Western immunoblotting with purified E. canis as the antigen are useful in distinguishing between E. canis and CGE infections in dogs.
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- 1992
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43. Experimental transmission of a granulocytic form of the tribe Ehrlichieae by Dermacentor variabilis and Amblyomma americanum to dogs.
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Anziani OS, Ewing SA, and Barker RW
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- Animals, Dermacentor microbiology, Dogs, Ehrlichia, Female, Male, Rickettsiaceae Infections transmission, Arachnid Vectors microbiology, Dog Diseases transmission, Rickettsiaceae Infections veterinary, Ticks microbiology
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Transstadial transmission of granulocytic Ehrlichieae in dogs was attempted using ticks, Amblyomma americanum and Dermacentor variabilis. Ticks were exposed by feeding as nymphs on acutely infected pups; adult ticks then fed to repletion on susceptible adult dogs that were monitored daily for signs of infection. Evidence of transmission was not observed in control dogs or in those exposed to D variabilis. In contrast, dogs exposed to A americanum developed serologic or clinical evidence of infection, but organisms were not seen in blood smears until corticosteroids were administered, causing recrudescence and accompanying parasitemia. At 12 days after subinoculation of blood obtained from donor adult dogs, before corticosteroids were administered, a febrile response, thrombocytopenia, and appearance of morulae in neutrophilic granulocytes were observed in 2 susceptible recipient dogs.
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- 1990
44. Culex erraticus: a host for Dirofilaria immitis.
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Afolabi JS, Ewing SA, Wright RE, and Wright JC
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- Animals, Dirofilaria immitis classification, Dirofilariasis transmission, Dogs, Entomology instrumentation, Culex parasitology, Dirofilariasis veterinary, Dog Diseases transmission, Insect Vectors parasitology
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- 1989
45. Trypanosoma cruzi infection in a dog from Oklahoma.
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Fox JC, Ewing SA, Buckner RG, Whitenack D, and Manley JH
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- Animals, Dogs, Female, Oklahoma, Trypanosoma cruzi isolation & purification, Chagas Disease veterinary, Dog Diseases
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A dog with signs of weakness, labored breathing, and generalized edema was examined. It was heavily infested with fleas and had wounds resulting from a recent fight. Hematologic findings were not remarkable, except for parasites in the blood. The dog was treated for fleas and given antibiotics, but was euthanatized when it failed to respond. Blood and tissue specimens were found to contain Trypanosoma cruzi, and the serum contained antibodies to the organism. We believe this is the first confirmed case of T cruzi infection in dogs from Oklahoma. The public health implications of this finding are underscored by a report on the detection of T cruzi in raccoons in the same season and geographic area.
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- 1986
46. METHOD OF REPRODUCTION OF BABESIA CANIS IN ERYTHROCYTES.
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EWING SA
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- Animals, Dogs, Babesia, Dog Diseases, Erythrocytes, Protozoan Infections, Reproduction, Research, Salivary Gland Neoplasms
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- 1965
47. OBSERVATIONS ON LEUKOCYTIC INCLUSION BODIES FROM DOGS INFECTED WITH BABESIA CANIS.
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EWING SA
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- Animals, Dogs, Babesia, Dog Diseases, Inclusion Bodies, Leukocytes, Protozoan Infections
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- 1963
48. Evaluation of methods used to detect Babesia canis infections in dogs.
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Ewing SA
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- Animals, Dogs, Erythrocytes microbiology, Eukaryota isolation & purification, Dog Diseases diagnosis, Protozoan Infections blood, Protozoan Infections diagnosis, Protozoan Infections, Animal
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- 1966
49. CANINE BABESIOSIS IN OKLAHOMA.
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BUCKNER RG, BROCK WE, and EWING SA
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- Animals, Dogs, Oklahoma, Apicomplexa, Babesiosis, Diagnosis, Dog Diseases, Epidemiology, Pathology, Protozoan Infections
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- 1965
50. Experimental treatment of canine ehrlichiosis and haemobartonellosis.
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Buckner RG and Ewing SA
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- Animals, Cytoplasmic Granules, Dogs, Hematocrit, Hemoglobinometry, Reticulocytes, Rickettsia Infections drug therapy, Chloramphenicol therapeutic use, Dog Diseases drug therapy, Penicillin G Procaine therapeutic use, Rickettsia Infections veterinary, Sulfacetamide therapeutic use, Sulfadimethoxine therapeutic use
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- 1967
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