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    • A new piroplasmid species infecting dogs: morphological and molecular characterization and pathogeny of Babesia negevi n. sp. 

      Baneth, Gad; Nachum‑Biala, Yaarit; Birkenheuer, Adam Joseph; Schreeg, Megan Elizabeth; Prince, Hagar; Florin-Christensen, Monica; Schnittger, Leonhard; Aroch, Itamar (BMC, 2020-04)
      Introduction: Babesiosis is a protozoan tick-borne infection associated with anemia and life-threatening disease in humans, domestic and wildlife animals. Dogs are infected by at least six well-characterized Babesia spp. ...

    • Babesia life cycle – When phylogeny meets biology 

      Jalovecka, Marie; Sojka, Daniel; Ascencio, Mariano E.; Schnittger, Leonhard (Elsevier, 2019-02-04)
      Although Babesia represents an important worldwide veterinary threat and an emerging risk to humans, this parasite has been poorly studied as compared to Plasmodium, its malaria-causing relative. In fact, Babesia employs ...

    • Babesia spp. in ticks and wildlife in different habitat types of Slovakia 

      Hamšíkova, Zuzana; Kazimirová, Mária; Harustiakova, Danka; Mahrikova, Lenka; Slovak, Mirko; Berthová, Lenka; Kocianova, Elena; Schnittger, Leonhard (2016)
      Background: Babesiosis is an emerging and potentially zoonotic disease caused by tick-borne piroplasmids of the Babesia genus. New genetic variants of piroplasmids with unknown associations to vectors and hosts are ...

    • Cysteine proteinase C1A paralog profiles correspond with phylogenetic lineages of pathogenic piroplasmids 

      Ascencio, Mariano; Florin-Christensen, Mónica; Mamoun, Choukri B.; Weir, William; Shiels, Brian; Schnittger, Leonhard (MDPI, 2018-04)
      Piroplasmid parasites comprising of Babesia, Theileria, and Cytauxzoon are transmitted by ticks to farm and pet animals and have a significant impact on livestock industries and animal health in tropical and subtropical ...

    • Degrade to survive : the intricate world of piroplasmid proteases 

      Florin-Christensen, Mónica; Sojka, Daniel; Ganzinelli, Sabrina Belen; Snebergerová, Pavla; Suarez, Carlos Esteban; Schnittger, Leonhard (Elsevier, 2023-07)
      Piroplasmids of the genera Babesia, Theileria, and Cytauxzoon are tick-transmitted parasites with a high impact on animals and humans. They have complex life cycles in their definitive arthropod and intermediate vertebrate ...

    • Epidemiology of Babesia, Anaplasma and Trypanosoma species using a new expanded reverse line blot hybridization assay 

      Paoletta, Martina; Lopez Arias, Ludmila Sol; De La Fourniere, Sofia; Guillemi, Eliana Carolina; Luciani, Carlos; Sarmiento, Nestor Fabian; Mosqueda Gualito, Juan Joel; Farber, Marisa Diana; Wilkowsky, Silvina Elizabeth (2018-02)
      Vector-borne hemoparasitic infections are a major problem that affects livestock industries worldwide, particularly in tropical and subtropical regions. In this work, a reverse line blot (RLB) hybridization assay was ...

    • Establishment of Babesia vulpes n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Babesiidae), a piroplasmid species pathogenic for domestic dogs 

      Baneth, Gad; Cardoso, Luís; Brilhante Simões, Paula; Schnittger, Leonhard (BioMed Central, 2019)
      Background: Canine babesiosis is a severe disease caused by several Babesia spp. A number of names have been proposed for the canine-infecting piroplasmid pathogen initially named Theileria annae Zahler, Rinder, Schein ...

    • In Silico Survey and Characterization of Babesia microti Functional and Non-Functional Proteases 

      Florin-Christensen, Monica; Wieser, Sara Nathaly; Suarez, Carlos E.; Schnittger, Leonhard (MDPI, 2021-11)
      Human babesiosis caused by the intraerythrocytic apicomplexan Babesia microti is an expanding tick-borne zoonotic disease that may cause severe symptoms and death in elderly or immunocompromised individuals. In light of ...

    • Manual para el abordaje diagnóstico de la babesiosis y anaplasmosis bovina en Argentina 

      Mazzucco Panizza, Matilde Nahimé; Morel, Nicolas; Wilkowsky, Silvina Elizabeth; Primo, María Evangelina; Olmos, Leandro Hipolito; Pertile, Carla Natalia; Sarmiento, Nestor Fabian; Rossner, Maria Victoria; Abdala, Alejandro Ariel; Canton, German Jose; Ganzinelli, Sabrina Belen; Thompson, Carolina Soledad; Guillemi, Eliana Carolina; Nava, Santiago (Ediciones INTA, 2024-02)
      La babesiosis y la anaplasmosis bovina son dos enfermedades infecciosas causantes de importantes pérdidas económicas para la producción ganadera en el centro y norte de la Argentina, principalmente en concepto de mortandad ...

    • Molecular evidence of Babesia species in Procyon cancrivorus (Carnivora, Procyonidae) in Uruguay 

      Thompson, Carolina Soledad; Mangold, Atilio Jose; Félix, María L.; Carvalho, Luis A.; Armúa-Fernández, María Teresita; Venzal, José Manuel (2018-08)
      The crab-eating raccoon (Procyon cancrivorus) is a carnivore widely distributed from southern Central America to all South American countries except Chile. In the Southern cone of America, P. cancrivorus has been found ...

    • N-Glycosylation in piroplasmids : Diversity within simplicity 

      Florin-Christensen, Mónica; Rodriguez, Anabel Elisa; Suarez, Carlos Esteban; Ueti, Massaro W.; Delgado, Fernando Oscar; Echaide, Ignacio Eduardo; Schnittger, Leonhard (MDPI, 2021-01)
      N-glycosylation has remained mostly unexplored in Piroplasmida, an order of tick-transmitted pathogens of veterinary and medical relevance. Analysis of 11 piroplasmid genomes revealed three distinct scenarios regarding ...

    • Reclassification of Theileria annae as Babesia vulpes sp. nov. 

      Baneth, Gad; Florin-Christensen, Mónica; Cardoso, Luís; Schnittger, Leonhard (2015-04)
      Background: Theileria annae is a tick-transmitted small piroplasmid that infects dogs and foxes in North America and Europe. Due to disagreement on its placement in the Theileria or Babesia genera, several synonyms have ...

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

      Schnittger, Leonhard; Ganzinelli, Sabrina Belen; Bhoora, Raksha; Omondi, David; Nijhof, Ard M.; Florin-Christensen, Mónica (Springer, 2022-05)
      The order Piroplasmida, including the genera Babesia, Cytauxzoon, and Theileria is often referred to as piroplasmids and comprises of dixenous hemoprotozoans transmitted by ticks to a mammalian or avian host. Although ...

    • The repertoire of serine rhomboid proteases of piroplasmids of importance to animal and human health 

      Gallenti, Romina Josefina; Poklepovich Caride, Tomás Javier; Florin-Christensen, Monica; Schnittger, Leonhard (Elsevier, 2021-05)
      Babesia, Theileria and Cytauxzoon are tick-borne apicomplexan protozoans of the order Piroplasmida, notorious for the diseases they cause in livestock, pets and humans. Host cell invasion is their Achilles heel, allowing ...

    • Thrombospondin related anonymous protein superfamily in vector-borne apicomplexans: the parasite’s toolkit for cell invasion 

      Paoletta, Martina; Wilkowsky, Silvina Elizabeth (Frontiers Media, 2022-04)
      Apicomplexan parasites transmitted by vectors, including Babesia spp. and Plasmodium spp., cause severe disease in both humans and animals. These parasites have a complex life cycle during which they migrate, invade, and ...