Wild boars as hosts of human-pathogenic Anaplasma phagocytophilum variants.

ABSTRACT: To investigate the potential of wild boars to host Anaplasma phagocytophilum, we analyzed bacterial 16S rRNA and ank genes. DNA sequencing identified several A. phagocytophilum variants, including a predominance of strains known to cause human disease. Boars are thus hosts for A. phagocytophilum, notably, strains associated with human granulocytic anaplasmosis.

SUBMITTER: Michalik J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3358146 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature