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1 Valentina Foglia Manzillo Gaetano Oliva Animal Health

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13 Alleman AR, WamsleyHL. An update on anaplasmosis in dog. VeterinaryMedicine. 2008; Torina A, Alongi A, Naranjo V, Scimeca S, Nicosia S, Di MarcoV,Caracappa S, Kocan KM, de la Fuente J. Characterization of Anaplasma infections in Sicily, Italy. Ann N Y Acad Sci.2008 Dec; 1149:90-3. Ebani V, Cerri D, Fratini F, Ampola M, Andreani E. Seroprevalence of Anaplasma hagocytophilum in domestic and wild animals from central Italy. New Microbiol Jul; 31(3): Greig B., Armstrong PJ. Canine Granulocytotropic Anaplasmosis.In:Greene C.E. Infectious diseases of the dog and cat, third edition.saunders Company, 2006.

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17 Trotta M, Carli E, Novari G, Furlanello T, Solano-Gallego L. Clinicopathological findings, molecular detection and characterization of Babesia gibsoni infection in a sick dog from Italy.Vet Parasitol Nov 12; 165(3-4): Cassini R, Zanutto S, Frangipane di Regalbono A, Gabrielli S, Calderini P, Moretti A, Tampieri MP, Pietrobelli M. Canine piroplasmosis in Italy: epidemiological aspects in vertebrate and invertebrate hosts. Vet Parasitol Oct 28; 165(1-2):30-5. Solano-Gallego L, Trotta M, Carli E, Carcy B, Caldin M, Furlanello T. Babesia canis canis and Babesia canis vogeli clinicopathological findings and DNA detection by means of PCRRFLP in blood from Italian dogs suspected of tick-borne disease.vet Parasitol Nov 7; 157(3-4):

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21 Recommended reading:wormser GP, Schwartz I. Antibiotic treatment of animals infected with Borrelia burgdorferi. Clin Microbiol Rev Jul; 22(3): Greene CE, Straubinger RK. Borreliosis. In: Greene C.E. Infectious diseases of the dog and cat, third edition. Saunders Company, Straubinger RK, Rao TD, Davidson E. Protection against tick-transmitted Lyme disease in dogs vaccinated with a multi-antigenic vaccine.vaccine. 2002; 20: Shaw SE, Day MJ, Birtles RJ, Breitschwerdt EB. Tick-borne infectious diseases of dogs. Trends Parasitol Feb; 17(2):74-80.

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25 Mekuzas Y, Gradoni L, Oliva G, Foglia Manzillo V, Baneth G.Ehrlichia canis and Leishmania infantum co-infection: a 3-year longitudinal study in naturally exposed dogs. Clin Microbiol Infect Mar 26. Baneth G, Harrus S, Ohnona FS, Schlesinger Y. Longitudinal quantification of Ehrlichia canis in experimental infection with comparison to natural infection. Vet Microbiol May 12; 136(3-4): Epub 2008 Dec 3. Shipov A, Klement E, Reuveni-Tager L, Waner T, Harrus S. Prognostic indicators for canine monocytic ehrlichiosis. Vet Parasitol.2008 May 6; 153(1-2): Epub 2008 Jan 17. Neer TM, Harrus S. Canine Monocytotropic Ehrlichiosis and neorickettsiosis.in: Greene C.E. Infectious diseases of the dog and cat,third edition. Saunders Company, Neer TM, Breitschwerdt EB, Greene RT, Lappin MR. Consensus statement on ehrlichial disease of small animals from the infectious disease study group of the ACVIM. American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine. J Vet Intern Med May-Jun; 16(3):

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28 TBE Kunze U. ISW TBE. Tick-borne encephalitis: From childhood to golden age does increased mobility mean increased risk? Meeting report of the 11th meeting of the International Scientific Working Group on Tick-Borne Encephalitis (ISW-TBE. Vaccine Nov 26. Carpi G, Bertolotti L, Rosati S, Rizzoli A. Prevalence and genetic variability of tick-borne encephalitis virus in host-seeking Ixodes ricinus in northern Italy. J Gen Virol Dec;90(Pt 12): Tipold A, Vanderelde M. Tick borne infections. In: Greene C.E. Infectious diseases of the dog and cat, third edition. Saunders Company, Leschnik MW, Kirtz GC, Thalhammer JG. Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) in dogs. Int J Med Microbiol Jun; 291 Suppl 33:66-9.

29 Canine hepatozoonosis

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31 Sasanelli M, Paradies P, Lubas G, Otranto D, de Caprariis D. Atypical clinical presentation of coinfection with Ehrlichia, Babesia and Hepatozoon species in a dog. Vet Rec Jan 3; 164(1):22-3. Marchetti V, Lubas G, Baneth G, Modenato M, Mancianti F. Hepatozoonosis in a dog with skeletal involvement and meningoencephalomyelitis.vet Clin Pathol Mar; 38(1): Epub 2008 Oct 28. Li Y, Wang C, Allen KE, Little SE, Ahluwalia SK, Gao D, Macintire DK, Blagburn BL, Kaltenboeck B. Diagnosis of canine Hepatozoon spp. infection by quantitative PCR. Vet Parasitol Oct 20;157(1-2):50-8. Epub 2008 Jul 17. Baneth G. Hepatozoon canis infection. In: Greene C.E. Infectious diseases of the dog and cat, third edition. Saunders Company, 2006.

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34 Parola P, Socolovschi C, Raoult D. Deciphering the relationships between Rickettsia conorii conorii and Rhipicephalus sanguineus in the ecology and epidemiology of Mediterranean spotted fever. Ann N Y Acad Sci May; 1166: Socolovschi C, Bitam I, Raoult D, Parola P. Transmission of Rickettsia conorii conorii in naturally infected Rhipicephalus sanguineus.clin Microbiol Infect May 7. Solano-Gallego L, Trotta M, Caldin M, Furlanello T. Molecular survey of Rickettsia spp. in sick dogs in Italy. Zoonoses Public Health.2008 Oct; 55(8-10): Solano-Gallego L, Kidd L, Trotta M, Di Marco M, Caldin M, Furlanello T, Breitschwerdt E. Febrile illness associated with Rickettsia conorii infection in dogs from Sicily. Emerg Infect Dis Dec;12(12):

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37 / <20000 Alleman AR, WamsleyHL. An update on anaplasmosis in dog. Veterinary Medicine. 2008; Cardoso L, Tuna J, Vieira L, Yisaschar-Mekuzas Y, Baneth G. Molecular detection of Anaplasma platys and Ehrlichia canis in dogs from the North of Portugal. Vet J Dec 2. Harvey JW. Thrombocytotropic Anaplasmosis. In: Greene C.E.Infectious diseases of the dog and cat, third

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44 Solano-Gallego L, Koutinas A, Miró G, Cardoso L, Pennisi MG, Ferrer L, Bourdeau P, Oliva G, Baneth G. Directions for the diagnosis,clinical staging, treatment and prevention of canine leishmaniosis.vet Parasitol Oct 28; 165(1-2):1-18. Epub 2009 Jun 6. Oliva G, Roura X, Crotti A, Zini E, Maroli M, Castagnaro M, Gradoni L, Lubas G, Paltrinieri S, Zatelli A. Leishmaniosi canina: linee guida su diagnosi, stadiazione, terapia, monitoraggio e prevenzione. Parte II: approccio terapeutico. Veterinaria, Anno 22. Dicembre 2008; n. 6. Castagnaro M, Crotti A, Fondati A, Gradoni L, Lubas G, Maroli M,Oliva G, Paltrinieri S, Solano-Gallego L, Roura X, Zatelli A, Zini E. Leishmaniosi canina: linee guida su diagnosi, stadiazione, terapia,monitoraggio e prevenzione. Parte I: Approccio diagnostico e classificazione del paziente leishmaniotico e gestione del paziente proteinurico. Veterinaria, Anno 21. Giugno 2007; n. 3. Foglia Manzillo V, Restucci B, Pagano A, Gradoni L, Oliva G. Pathological changes in the bone marrow of dogs with leishmaniosis. Vet Rec May 20; 158(20): Oliva G, Scalone A, Foglia Manzillo V, Gramiccia M, Pagano A, Di Muccio T, Gradoni L. Incidence and time course of Leishmania infantum infections examined by parasitological, serologic, and nested-pcr techniques in a cohort of naive dogs exposed to three consecutive transmission seasons. J Clin Microbiol Apr; 44(4):

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51 Diniz PP, Wood M, Maggi RG, Sontakke S, Stepnik M, Breitschwerdt EB. Co-isolation of Bartonella henselae and Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii from blood, joint and subcutaneous seroma fluids from two naturally infected dogs. Vet Microbiol.2009 Sep 18; 138(3-4): Chomel BB, Kasten RW, Williams C, Wey AC, Henn JB, Maggi R, Carrasco S, Mazet J, Boulouis HJ, Maillard R, Breitschwerdt EB. Bartonella endocarditis: a pathology shared by animal reservoirsand patients. Ann N Y Acad Sci May; 1166: Zobba R, Chessa G, Mastrandrea S, Pinna Parpaglia ML, Patta C, Masala G. Serological and molecular detection of Bartonella spp. in humans, cats and dogs from northern Sardinia, Italy. Clin Microbiol Infect May 18. Diniz PP, Billeter SA, Otranto D, De Caprariis D, Petanides T,Mylonakis ME, Koutinas AF, Breitschwerdt EB. Molecular documentation of Bartonella infection in dogs in Greece and Italy.J Clin Microbiol May; 47(5): Breitschwerdt EB, Chomel BB. Canine Bartonellosis. In: Greene C.E. Infectious diseases of the dog and cat, third edition. Saunders Company, 2006.

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