Equine and canine Anaplasma phagocytophilum strains isolated on the island of Sardinia (Italy) are phylogenetically related to pathogenic strains from the United States
Academic Article
Publication Date:
2005
Citation:
Equine and canine Anaplasma phagocytophilum strains isolated on the island of Sardinia (Italy) are phylogenetically related to pathogenic strains from the United States / A. Alberti, R. Zobba, B. Chessa, M.F. Addis, O. Sparagano, M.L.P. Parpaglia, T. Cubeddu, G. Pintori, M. Pittau. - In: APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY. - ISSN 0099-2240. - 71:10(2005 Oct), pp. 6418-6422.
abstract:
The presence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum, a tick-transmitted zoonotic pathogen, was investigated in Sardinia using a molecular approach. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that Sardinian strains are genetically distinct from the two lineages previously described in Europe and are closely related to strains isolated in different areas of the United States.
IRIS type:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
anaplasma; anaplasma phagocytophilum; animals; chaperonin 60; dog diseases; dogs; ehrlichiosis; horse diseases; horses; humans; italy; molecular sequence data; polymerase chain reaction; polymorphism, restriction fragment length; sequence analysis, DNA; tick infestations; united states; phylogeny; 2300; biotechnology; microbiology
List of contributors:
A. Alberti, R. Zobba, B. Chessa, M.F. Addis, O. Sparagano, M.L.P. Parpaglia, T. Cubeddu, G. Pintori, M. Pittau
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