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Of the 131 dogs\npositive for <jats:italic>B gibsoni<\/jats:italic> DNA, 122 (93%) were APBTs.\nOf the 10 dogs positive for <jats:italic>Babesia canis vogeli<\/jats:italic> DNA,\n6 were Greyhounds. In dogs other than APBTs, there\nwas an association between having recently been bitten\nby another dog, particularly an APBT, and infection\nwith <jats:italic>B gibsoni<\/jats:italic>.<\/jats:p>\n\t\t\t\t<jats:p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<jats:bold>Conclusions and Clinical Relevance<\/jats:bold>\u2014Results document\nan expansion of the known geographic range for\nbabesiosis among dogs in the United States. 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