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Kubo, M.; Jeong, A.; Kim, S.-I.; Kim, Y.-J.; Lee, H.; Kimura, J.; Agatsuma, T.; Sakai, H.; Yanai, T.
The first report of _Hepatozoon_ species infection in leopard cats in Korea
2010 Journal of Parasitology (96): 437-439
_Hepatozoon_ species infections were detected in 4 of 5 heart samples from leopard cats (_Prionailurus bengalensis_) in Korea examined by light microscopy and PCR. Microscopically, the schizonts of the _Hepatozoon_ species were observed within the parasitophorous vacuoles of unidentified host cells that were located between myocytes. The schizonts were approximately 31 ñ 4 x 19 ñ 3 æm in size; 3 mature schizonts contained approximately 24, 25, and 35 merozoites. In analyses of the partial 18S rRNA gene sequence, the _Hepatozoon_ species infecting the Korean leopard cats was closely related to Brazilian (99.2-99.8% identical) and Spanish (97.0-98.2% identical) isolates of _Hepatozoon felis_.
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