Molecular detection of vector-borne pathogens in blood and splenic samples from dogs with splenic disease

Parasites & Vectors

Table 2 Relationship between histopathological examination of spleen tissue samples and vector-borne pathogens detected

Dog	PCR result	Sample	Hystopathology
S1	Babesia canis	Frozen spleen	HSA
S2	Babesia canis	EDTA-blood	HSA
S3	Babesia canis	EDTA-blood	HSA
S4	Babesia canis	EDTA-blood	HSA
S5	Babesia gibsoni	Paraffin-fixed spleen	EH, hemosiderosis, LNH
S6	Babesia gibsoni	EDTA-blood	Congestion, hematoma
S7	Babesia gibsoni	EDTA-blood	Congestion
C1	Babesia gibsoni	EDTA-blood	na
S8	“Babesia vulpes”	EDTA-blood	na (splenic torsion)
S9	Ehrlichia canis	Frozen spleen	Congestion, hematoma
C2	Hepatozoon canis	EDTA-blood	na
S10	Leishmania infantum	Frozen spleen	EH, myeloid metaplasia
S11	“Candidatus Mycoplasma hemovis”	EDTA-blood	Congestion, EH, hemosiderosis
S12	Mycoplasma ovis	EDTA-blood	Carcinoma
S13	Rickettsia massilliae	EDTA-blood	LNH

Abbreviations: S, dogs with spleen alterations, C, control dogs, EH extramedullary hematopoiesis, HSA hemangiosarcoma, LNH lymphoid nodular hyperplasia, na not available

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