A review on equine piroplasmosis: epidemiology, vector ecology, risk factors, host immunity, diagnosis and control

TGE Onyiche, K Suganuma, I Igarashi… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Equine Piroplasmosis (EP) is a tick-borne disease caused by apicomplexan protozoan
parasites, Babesia caballi and Theileria equi. The disease is responsible for serious …

Twenty years of equine piroplasmosis research: global distribution, molecular diagnosis, and phylogeny

S Tirosh-Levy, Y Gottlieb, LM Fry, DP Knowles… - Pathogens, 2020 - mdpi.com
Equine piroplasmosis (EP), caused by the hemoparasites Theileria equi, Theileria haneyi,
and Babesia caballi, is an important tick-borne disease of equines that is prevalent in most …

Eco‐epidemiology of equine piroplasmosis and its associated tick vectors in Europe: A systematic literature review and a meta‐analysis of prevalence

C Nadal, SI Bonnet, M Marsot - Transboundary and emerging …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
When studying a vector‐borne disease, an eco‐epidemiological approach is vital for a
comprehensive understanding of how the pathogen circulates amongst populations. Equine …

Great diversity of Piroplasmida in Equidae in Africa and Europe, including potential new species

H Dahmana, N Amanzougaghene, B Davoust… - … : Regional Studies and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Piroplasms are Apicomplexa tick-borne parasites distributed worldwide. They are
responsible for piroplasmosis (theileriosis and babesiosis) in Vertebrata and are therefore of …

New insights in the diagnosis and treatment of equine piroplasmosis: pitfalls, idiosyncrasies, and myths

FJ Mendoza, A Pérez-Écija, LS Kappmeyer… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Equine piroplasmosis (EP) is a global tick-borne disease of equids caused by the
intraerythrocytic apicomplexan parasites Theileria equi and Babesia caballi, and the more …

[HTML][HTML] Seroprevalence of Theileria equi and Babesia caballi in horses in Spain

MGM Cortés, JL Fernández-García… - Parasite, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Equine piroplasmoses are enzootic parasitic diseases distributed worldwide with high
incidence in tropical and subtropical regions. In Spain, there is insufficient epidemiological …

Genetic diversity of Theileria equi and Babesia caballi infecting horses of Central-Southern Italy and preliminary results of its correlation with clinical and serological …

G Manna, A Cersini, R Nardini, LEB Del Pino… - Ticks and tick-borne …, 2018 - Elsevier
Babesia caballi and Theileria equi are tick-borne pathogens causing equine piroplasmosis
infecting the Equidae family in which they cause significant sanitary and economic losses …

Molecular and Serological Detection of Vector-Borne Pathogens Responsible for Equine Piroplasmosis in Europe between 2008 and 2021

CW Axt, A Springer, C Strube, C Jung, TJ Naucke… - Microorganisms, 2024 - mdpi.com
Equine piroplasmosis (EP) is caused by Theileria (T.) equi and/or Babesia (B.) caballi. The
aim was to assess the percentage of positive test results for EP in horses in Europe and to …

A cross-sectional study on performance evaluation in Italian standardbred horses' real-time PCR-positive for Theileria equi

P Coluccia, M Gizzarelli, MT Scicluna, G Manna… - BMC veterinary …, 2024 - Springer
Background Inflammatory myopathy and perivasculitis have been recently described in
horses with chronic equine piroplasmosis (EP). These alterations may be linked to poor …

Serological, molecular and hematological diagnosis in horses with clinical suspicion of equine piroplasmosis: Pooling strengths

E Camino, A Dorrego, KA Carvajal… - Veterinary …, 2019 - Elsevier
Equine piroplasmosis (EP) is a tick-borne protozoan disease caused by Theileria equi
and/or Babesia caballi. Clinical signs (fever, pale mucosal membranes, jaundice), anemia …