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Volume 26, Number 6—June 2020
Research

Zoonotic Vectorborne Pathogens and Ectoparasites of Dogs and Cats in Eastern and Southeast Asia

Vito ColellaComments to Author , Viet L. Nguyen, Do Y. Tan, Na Lu, Fang Fang, Yin Zhijuan, Jiangwei Wang, Xin Liu, Xinghui Chen, Junyan Dong, Wisnu Nurcahyo, Upik K. Hadi, Virginia Venturina, Kenneth B.Y. Tong, Yi-Lun Tsai, Piyanan Taweethavonsawat, Saruda Tiwananthagorn, Thong Q. Le, Khanh L. Bui, Malaika Watanabe, Puteri A.M.A. Rani, Giada Annoscia, Frédéric Beugnet, Domenico Otranto, and Lénaïg Halos
Author affiliations: University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (V. Colella); University of Bari, Bari, Italy (V. Colella, V.L. Nguyen, G. Annoscia, D. Otranto); Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health, Lyon, France (D.Y. Tan, Na Lu, F. Beugnet, L. Halos); Guangxi University, Nanning, China (F. Fang); KangBao Pet Hospital, Guilin, China (Y. Zhijuan); Sapphire Veterinary Hospital, Shanghai, China (J. Wang); Meilianzhonghe Veterinary Referral Center, Beijing, China (X. Liu); Chongyisheng Veterinary Hospital, Chengdu, China (X. Chen); Nanjing Police Dog Research Institute, Nanjing, China (J. Dong); Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakata, Indonesia (W. Nurcahyo); Bogor University Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia (U.K. Hadi); Central Luzon State University, Nueva Ecija, Philippines (V. Venturina); Animal & Avian Veterinary Clinic, Yishun, Singapore (K.B.Y. Tong); National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan (Y.L. Tsai); Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand (P. Taweethavonsawat); Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand (S. Tiwananthagorn); Nong Lam University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (T.Q. Le); Vietnam National University of Agriculture, Hanoi, Vietnam (K.L. Bui); University Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia (M. Watanabe, P.A.M.A. Rani)

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Table 4

Frequency of tick detection on 1,229 dogs and 1,152 cats and molecular identification of ticks, in study of ectoparasites and vectorborne zoonotic pathogens of dogs and cats, Asia, 2017–2018

Ectoparasite
Location

Relative frequency of occurrence, % (95% CI)
GenBank accession nos.
Dogs
Cats
Dogs
Cats
Tick
Rhipicephalus 
sanguineus All countries Philippines, Singapore, Indonesia, Taiwan, China 96.6 (93.6–98.2) 95 (83.5–98.6) MN685287–321, MT320104–5
R. haemaphysaloides Taiwan 0.8 (0.2–2.7) MN653239–40
Haemaphysalis hystricis Thailand 0.4 (0–2.1) MN658833
H. wellingtoni Thailand, Indonesia 0.8 (0.2–2.7) MN658820–1
H. campanulata China 0.4 (0–2.1) MN658817
H. longicornis China China 0.8 (0.2–2.7) 2.5% (0.4–12.9) MN658797–800
Ixodes sp.

Taiwan


2.5 (0.4–12.9)
MT035959
Fleas
Ctenocephalides felis All All 65.1 (57.7–71.8) 98.7 (95.5–99.6) MT027205–8, MT027227, MT027230
C. canis Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia, China Philippines 15.7 (22.0–21.9) 0.6 (0.1–3.5) Not applicable
C. orientis Vietnam, Thailand, Philippines, Singapore, Indonesia, Taiwan 19.2 (14.0–25.7) MT027193–99
Xenopsylla cheopis

Indonesia


0.6 (0.1–3.5)
MT027228
Lice
Heterodoxus spiniger Vietnam, Thailand, Philippines, Taiwan, China 72.8 (63.5–80.5) MT027225
Trichodectes canis Philippines, Singapore, Indonesia 25.2 (17.8–34.4) MT027226
Felicola subrostratus Indonesia Philippines, Indonesia, China 1.9 (0.5–6.8) 1.8 (0.3–9.3) Not applicable
Linognathus setosus

Malaysia



Not applicable
Mites
Lynxacarus radovskyi Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia Not applicable Not applicable MN639734, MN639736

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