| Literature DB >> 29567147 |
Xiang-Rong Qin1, Fu-Jun Han2, Li-Mei Luo3, Fu-Ming Zhao2, Hui-Ju Han1, Zhen-Tang Zhang2, Jian-Wei Liu1, Zai-Feng Xue2, Miao-Miao Liu4, Dong-Qiang Ma2, Yu-Ting Huang5, Xi-Feng Sun5, Wen-Qian Li5, Li Zhao5, Xue-Jie Yu6.
Abstract
Anaplasma are tick-borne obligatory intracellular bacteria, which infect humans and other animals. The Anaplasma species carried by ticks in China are not well studied. We collected 3145 questing Haemaphysalis longicornis ticks including 120 larvae, 2460 nymphs and 565 adults from vegetation in Jiaonan County, Shandong Province, China from 2013 to 2015. All ticks were examined for the presence of Anaplasma species by nested PCR amplification of the 16S rRNA gene. For further differentiation of A. capra from A. centrale, gltA and msp2 genes were sequenced for A. capra. Three Anaplasma species were detected in the nymph and/or adult ticks with the minimum infection rate of ticks as follows: 1.55% for A. bovis, 0.10% for A. phagocytophilum, and 0.03% for A. capra. These results indicated that the H. longicornis tick in Jiaonan County carried multiple Anaplasma species, which may be a challenge for public health in the studying area.Entities:
Keywords: A. capra; A. phagocytophilum; Anaplasma bovis; China; Haemaphysalis longicornis; Shandong; Tick
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Year: 2018 PMID： 29567147 DOI： 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2018.03.014
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ticks Tick Borne Dis ISSN： 1877-959X Impact factor: 3.744