Molecular Survey of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Ehrlichia canis in Red Foxes (Vulpes vulpes) from Central Italy

被引：44

作者：

Ebani, Valentina Virginia ^{[1
]}

Verin, Ranieri ^{[1
]}

Fratini, Filippo ^{[1
]}

Poli, Alessandro ^{[1
]}

Cerri, Domenico ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Pisa, Dept Anim Pathol Prophylaxis & Food Hyg, I-56124 Pisa, Italy

来源：

JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES | 2011年 / 47卷 / 03期

关键词：

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Ehrlichia canis; histopathology; PCR; red fox; Vulpes vulpes; WILD ANIMALS; NESTED PCR; INFECTION; POPULATION; ASSAY; DOGS;

D O I：

10.7589/0090-3558-47.3.699

中图分类号：

S85 [动物医学（兽医学）];

学科分类号：

0906 ;

摘要：

During the 2007-2008 hunting season, 150 spleen samples were collected from free-ranging red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in central Italy. The specimens were tested by two nested PCR assays to detect DNA of Anaplasma phagocytophilum, etiologic agent of granulocytic ehrlichiosis of animals and humans, and DNA of Ehrlichia canis, which causes the monocytic ehrlichiosis in canids. None of the foxes were PCR-positive for E. canis; 25 (16.6%) were positive for A. phagocytophilum. No specific gross alterations were detected at necropsy, and no histopathologic lesions found on PCR-positive spleen samples.

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页码：699 / 703

页数：5

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