Companion vector-borne diseases (CVBDs) are an important threat for pet life, but may also
have an impact on human health, due to their often zoonotic character. The importance and …

In the time since canine ehrlichiosis due to Ehrlichia canis was first described in 1935, 1 and
first recognized in the United States in 1962, 2 many key advances have been made in our …

This article presents two case reports of Anaplasma platys detection in two women from
Venezuela. Both patients were exposed to Rhipicephalus sanguineus, the presumed tick …

Background Anaplasma platys is a tick-borne bacterium which infects blood platelets of
dogs, causing canine cyclic thrombocytopenia. The disease is distributed worldwide …

Anaplasma platys is a Gram-negative, obligate intracellular bacteria that causes canine
infectious cyclic thrombocytopenia in dogs. The brown dog tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus …

A genetic analysis of partial sequences of the mitochondrial 16S and 12S rDNA genes of
Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato collected in the Southern Cone of South America was …

Ehrlichia spp are tick-borne intracellular gram-negative a-proteobacteria that multiply in
microcolonies known as morulae. 1, 2 They mainly infect leukocytes (monocytes …

In recent years, tick-borne diseases like ehrlichiosis and anaplasmosis became widespread
worldwide threatening the health of both human and companion animals. Therefore, the aim …

Natural infection with Ehrlichia canis and Anaplasma platys in ticks belonging to the tropical
and temperate lineages of Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato from Argentina was …

Ehrlichiosis and babesiosis are tick-borne diseases, caused mainly by Ehrlichia canis and
Babesia canis, respectively, with a worldwide occurrence in dogs, whose main vector is the …