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This review presents the current epidemiological situation of Babesia gibsoni infections in dogs in Europe. In most European countries where B. gibsoni has been reported, the percentage of infected dogs is around 1%. The higher prevalence of the B. gibsoni infection among American Pit Bull Terriers suggests breed susceptibility. An analysis of the available data makes it possible to conclude that B. gibsoni infections may appear in the future in other non-endemic regions of Europe, which may pose significant diagnostic and therapeutic challenges for veterinary practitioners.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ani12060730","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,3,15]],"date-time":"2022-03-15T03:06:10Z","timestamp":1647313570000},"page":"730","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":22,"title":["Babesia gibsoni Infection in Dogs\u2014A European Perspective"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Oliwier","family":"Teodorowski","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Veterinary Clinic \u201cTeodorowscy\u201d, 43-190 Miko\u0142\u00f3w, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4769-5471","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Marcin","family":"Kalinowski","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Epizootiology and Clinic of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Life Sciences, 20-612 Lublin, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1257-869X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Dagmara","family":"Winiarczyk","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department and Clinic of Animal Internal Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Life Sciences, 20-612 Lublin, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3086-4726","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Banu","family":"Dokuzeyl\u00fcl","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Istanbul University\u2014Cerrahpasa, Istanbul 34320, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Stanis\u0142aw","family":"Winiarczyk","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Epizootiology and Clinic of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Life Sciences, 20-612 Lublin, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"\u0141ukasz","family":"Adaszek","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Epizootiology and Clinic of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Life Sciences, 20-612 Lublin, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,3,14]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"147","DOI":"10.1016\/j.vetpar.2006.01.048","article-title":"Chemotherapy against babesiosis","volume":"138","author":"Vial","year":"2006","journal-title":"Vet. 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