Equine and canine Anaplasma phagocytophilum strains isolated on the island of Sardinia (Italy) are phylogenetically related to pathogenic strains from the United States.
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.
Alberti
Alberto
A
Istituto di Patologia Speciale e Clinica Medica Veterinaria, Università degli Studi di Sassari, Via Vienna 2, 07100 Sassari, Italy. alberti@uniss.it
Zobba
Rosanna
R
Chessa
Bernardo
B
Addis
Maria Filippa
MF
Sparagano
Olivier
O
Pinna Parpaglia
Maria Luisa
ML
Cubeddu
Tiziana
T
Pintori
Gianpaolo
G
Pittau
Marco
M
D000709:Anaplasma / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D041081:Anaplasma phagocytophilum / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D000818:Animals; D018834:Chaperonin 60 / Q000235:genetics; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D004285:Dogs; D016873:Ehrlichiosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D006736:Horses; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013984:Tick Infestations / Q000662:veterinary; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
D018834:Chaperonin 60