Epidemiological survey of Ehrlichia canis and related species infection in dogs in eastern Sudan.
The infection rates of Ehrlichia canis and related species in dogs in eastern Sudan were examined using molecular methods. Among 78 dogs examined, 63 (80.8%), 19 (24.4%), and 26 (33.3%) were positive for E. canis, Anaplasma platys, Mycoplasma haemocanis, and "Candidatus Mycoplasma haemoparvum," respectively. Among these, 30 dogs were single-positive: 25 for E. canis, 2 for A. platys, 1 for M. hemocanis, and 2 for "C. M. haemoparvum." The rest of the dogs (48.7%) were positive for two or more pathogens.
Inokuma
Hisashi
H
Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, 080-8555 Obihiro, Japan. inokuma@obihiro.ac.jp
Oyamada
Maremichi
M
Davoust
Bernard
B
Boni
Mickaël
M
Dereure
Jacques
J
Bucheton
Bruno
B
Hammad
Awad
A
Watanabe
Malaika
M
Itamoto
Kazuhito
K
Okuda
Masaru
M
Brouqui
Philippe
P
D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D004285:Dogs; D041061:Ehrlichia canis / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016873:Ehrlichiosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013397:Sudan / Q000453:epidemiology