作者
Setareh Jahfari, E Claudia Coipan, Manoj Fonville, Arieke Docters Van Leeuwen, Paul Hengeveld, Dieter Heylen, Paul Heyman, Cees Van Maanen, Catherine M Butler, Gábor Földvári, Sándor Szekeres, Gilian Van Duijvendijk, Wesley Tack, Jolianne M Rijks, Joke Van der Giessen, Willem Takken, Sipke E Van Wieren, Katsuhisa Takumi, Hein Sprong
发表日期
2014/12
期刊
Parasites & vectors
卷号
7
页码范围
1-11
出版商
BioMed Central
简介
Background
Anaplasma phagocytophilum is the etiological agent of granulocytic anaplasmosis in humans and animals. Wild animals and ticks play key roles in the enzootic cycles of the pathogen. Potential ecotypes of A. phagocytophilum have been characterized genetically, but their host range, zoonotic potential and transmission dynamics has only incompletely been resolved.
Methods
The presence of A. phagocytophilum DNA was determined in more than 6000 ixodid ticks collected from the vegetation and wildlife, in 289 tissue samples from wild and domestic animals, and 69 keds collected from deer, originating from various geographic locations in The Netherlands and Belgium. From the qPCR-positive lysates, a fragment of the groEL-gene was amplified and sequenced. Additional groEL sequences from ticks and animals from Europe were …
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