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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Santos, Ana Sofia ; Santos-Silva, Maria Margarida ; Almeida, Victor Carlos ; Bacellar, Fátima ; Dumler, John Stephen
Santos, Ana Sofia ; Santos-Silva, Maria Margarida ; Almeida, Victor Carlos ; Bacellar, Fátima ; Dumler, John Stephen Less -
Description:
A total of 278 Ixodes ticks, collected from Madeira Island and Setubal District, mainland Portugal, were examined by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for the presence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum. Six (4%) of 142 Ixodes ricinus nymphs collected in Madeira Island and 1 nymph and 1 male (2%) of 93 I. ventalloi collected in Setubal District tested positive for A. phagocytophilum msp2 genes or rrs. Infection was not detected among 43 I. ricinus on mainland Portugal. All PCR products were confirmed by nucleotide sequencing to be identical or to be most closely related to A. phagocytophilum. To our knowledge, this is the first evidence of A. phagocytophilum in ticks from Setubal District, mainland Portugal, and the first documentation of Anaplasma infection in I. ventalloi. Moreover, these findings confirm the persistence of A. phagocytophilum in Madeira Island's I. ricinus.
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Anaplasma Phagocytophilum Animals Arachnid Vectors DNA, Bacterial Ixodes Ixodes Ricinus Ixodes Ventalloi Phylogeny Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Portugal Research Ticks
Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 10(9):1643-1648.
Document Type:
Journal Article
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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