Strains of Anaplasma phagocytophilum from horses in Ohio are related to isolates from humans in the northeastern USA.

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The tick-borne obligatory intracellular bacterium Anaplasma phagocytophilum infects humans as well as domesticated and wild animals, causing a febrile disease collectively called granulocytic anaplasmosis. The epidemiology and the host species specificity and zoonotic potential of A. phagocytophilum strains remain unclear. In this study, ankA (encoding ankyrin A) and p44 gene sequences of A. phagocytophilum were determined in clinical specimens from horses in Ohio and compared with those found in A. phagocytophilum strains from various hosts and geographic regions. With increasing numbers of seropositive horses, the study points out the unrecognized prevalence and uncharacterized strains of A. phagocytophilum infection in

SUBMITTER: Chien RC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10715102 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature