title: Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection in cattle in France.
abstract: Anaplasma phagocytophilum is the agent of pasture fever or tick-borne fever, a disease of ruminants and humans in the United States and in Europe. Although several hundred cases have been suspected to occur in cattle in France, none has yet been microbiologically confirmed. We report the first identification of A. phagocytophilum 16S RNA gene sequence in a case of TBF in France. This indicates that the diagnosis of tick-borne fever should be also evoked in cattle exposed to Ixodes ticks in France.
authors.affiliation: Unité des Rickettsies, Faculté de Médecine, 27 Bd. Jean moulin, 13385 Marseille, Cedex 5, France.
authors.forename: Kotaro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: Guy
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Joncour
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Davoust
authors.forename: Pierre-Hugues
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Pitel
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chauzy
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Collin
authors.forename: Hervé
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Morvan
authors.forename: Nathalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Vassallo
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brouqui
mesh_terms: D041081:Anaplasma phagocytophilum / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D016873:Ehrlichiosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000382:microbiology; D017282:Tick-Borne Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary