Wild Boars as Hosts of Human-Pathogenic Anaplasma phagocytophilum Variants

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作者
Michalik, Jerzy [1 ]
Stanczak, Joanna [2 ]
Cieniuch, Stella [2 ]
Racewicz, Maria [2 ]
Sikora, Bozena
Dabert, Miroslawa
机构
[1] Adam Mickiewicz Univ, Fac Biol, Dept Anim Morphol, PL-61701 Poznan, Poland
[2] Med Univ Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
关键词
GRANULOCYTIC EHRLICHIOSIS; PCR; INFECTION; AGENT; DOGS;
D O I
10.3201/eid1806.110997
中图分类号
R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
学科分类号
100102 ;
摘要
To investigate the potential of wild boars to host Anaplasma phagocytophilum, we analyzed bacterial 16S rRNA and ank genes. DNA sequencing identified several A. phagocytophilum variants, including a predominance of strains known to cause human disease. Boars are thus hosts for A. phagocytophilum, notably, strains associated with human granulocytic anaplasmosis.
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