Babesia sp. 'North Carolina dog'

Babesia sp. 'North Carolina dog' is an unclassified species of Babesia, identified from a 18S ribosomal gene partial sequence[1] performed in the investigation of dog piroplasms.[2]

Babesia sp. 'North Carolina dog'
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Piroplasmida
Family: Babesiidae
Genus: Babesia
Species:
B. sp. 'North Carolina dog'
Binomial name
Babesia sp. 'North Carolina dog'

Unlike the other piroplasms investigated, the piroplasm is "in a distinct phylogenetic clade, closely related to babesial isolates from wildlife and humans from the Western US".[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Babesia sp. 'North Carolina dog' 18S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence". 11 January 2001. Retrieved 1 January 2019 – via NCBI Nucleotide. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ a b AM Kjemtrup; AA Kocan; L Whitworth; J Meinkoth; AJ Birkenheuer; J Cummings; MK Boudreaux; SL Stockham; Irizarry-A Rovira; PA Conrad. (December 2000). "There are at least three genetically distinct small piroplasms from dogs". Int J Parasitol. 30 (14): 1501–5. doi:10.1016/s0020-7519(00)00120-x. PMID 11428342.