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Table 3. Prevalence of Theileria equi and Babesia caballi in equids in Iran

From: Parasitic diseases of equids in Iran (1931–2020): a literature review

Host

Area of study

Diagnosis

No. of examined animals

Percentage of positive animals

Pathogen

References and yeara

Horse

Mianeh county

Microscopy

122

4.10

T. equi

[97] 2010

Donkey

178

0

Horse

North Khorasan province

IFAT

100

48.0

T. equi

[96] 2014

2.0

B. caballi

3.0

Mixed

cPCR+ seq

0

T. equi

45.0

B. caballi

0

Mixed

Horse

Urmia county

cPCR

240

6.25

T. equi

[98] 2014

2.80

B. caballi

1.66

Mixed

Horse

Yazd province

cPCR

105

22.86

T. equi

[99] 2014

Horse

Khuzestan province

cPCR

165

28.50

T. equi

[100] 2014

Horse

Tabriz county

cPCR

95

8.42

T. equi

[101] 2014

2.10

B. caballi

Horse

Ahvaz city

cPCR

45

46.67

T. equi

[102] 2015

Donkey

North Khorasan province

cPCR+ seq

160

50.94

T. equi

[103] 2015

0

B. caballi

Horse and mule

Piranshahr county

cPCR+ seq

31 (24 horses, 7 mules)

96.77

T. equi

[104] 2016

0

B. caballi

Horse

Ardabil province

Real-time PCR

92

4.35

T. equi

[105] 2016

9.78

B. caballi

Horse

Kerman province

Microscopy

246

0.81

T. equi

[106] 2017

Horse

Kordestan province

cPCR+ seq

186

0.54

T. equi

[107] 2017

0

B. caballi

Horse

Esfahan county

cPCR

53

11.32

T. equi

[108] 2017

9.43

B. caballi

Shahrekord county

37

10.81

T. equi

13.51

B. caballi

Donkey

Kordestan province

cPCR

232

0

T. equi

[109] 2018

0

B. caballi

Horse

West Azerbaijan province

Microscopy

126

2.17

T. equi

[110] 2018

cPCR

 

27.78

T. equi

Horse

Lorestan province

cPCR

165

15.75

T. equi

[111] 2018

8.48

B. caballi

5.45

Mixed

Horse

Fars province

cPCR

133

2.55

T. equi

[112] 2020

0

B. caballi

Donkey

Urmia county

Microscopy

200

3.50

T. equi

[113] 2020

0

B. caballi

cPCR

5.50

T. equi

1.50

B. caballi

  1. IFAT immunofluorescent antibody test, cPCR conventional PCR, seq nucleotide sequencing
  2. aYear of publication