Table 2.

Geographical distribution and hosts for 248 sequences retrieved from GenBank and identified by phylogenetic analysis as H. felis genotype I and genotype II and the representative Hepatozoon sequence from Cape Verde cats

Continent	Country	Host	H. felis genotype I (n)	H. felis genotype II (n)	Referencesa
Europe	Bosnia and Herzegovina	European wild cat	1	1	[40, 41]
	Croatia	Tick	1	–	MH656727
	Italy	Domestic cat	4	–	[5, 38]
	Portugal	Domestic cat	13	–	[48]
		Tick	4	–	[47]
	Spain	Domestic cat	2	–	[32]
Africa	Angola	Domestic cat	3	–	[51]
	Cape Verde	Domestic cat	1	–	This study
	Nigeria	Rat	2	–	[43]
	Zambia	Lion	2	–	[59]
		Spotted hyena	1	–	[59]
Asia	Cyprus	Domestic cat	28	–	[7]; KX808658- KX808671
	Israel	Domestic cat	5	–	[13]
		Flea	4	–	[60]
	Turkey	Tick	2	2	[26, 27, 44]
	India	Domestic cat	2	–	[12]
		Asiatic lion	1	5	[12]; KX017290
		Bengal tiger	2	–	[12]
		Indian leopard	–	2	[12]
	Thailand	Flat-headed cat	–	1	[54]
		Leopard cat	1	–	[55]
		Tick	1	–	[31]
	Republic of Korea	Leopard cat	1	2	[46]
	Japan	Domestic cat	–	6	[42]
		Amur leopard cat	–	28	[57]
		Iriomote cat	–	52	[53, 57]
		Tick	–	53	[58]
South America	Argentina	Pampas fox	1	–	[39]
		South American gray fox	1	–	[50]
		Tick	1	–	[50]
	Brazil	Domestic cat	–	2	[30, 37]
		Jaguar	–	6	[37]
		Little spotted cat	–	2	FJ876445–FJ876446
		Neotropical felid	–	2	[49]
		Ocelot	–	1	[56]

^aGenBank accession number is provided for otherwise unpublished sequences