Domenico Otranto

Detection and differentiation of Babesia banethi and Babesia vulpes in foxes and potential tick vectors by a duplex real-time PCR assay

The increasing interactions among wildlife, domestic animals, vectors, and humans are reshaping the epidemiology of vector-borne diseases, including babesiosis. Among piroplasmids infecting wild canids, Babesia vulpes is widely distributed in red foxes, whereas many scientific as...

First detection of Leishmania infantum in dogs and wild-caught Culicoides oxystoma in Hainan Province, Southern China

Leishmaniases are neglected parasitic diseases expanding globally. In China, Leishmania infantum , which isendemic in the west, has reemerged and spread to the central part of the country, raising concerns about further potential expansion. Given limited data from southern China,...