title: Wild rodents and novel human pathogen candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis, Southern Sweden.
abstract: We examined small mammals as hosts for Anaplasmataceae in southern Sweden. Of 771 rodents, 68 (8.8%) were infected by Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis, but no other Anaplasmataceae were found. Candidatus N. mikurensis has recently been found in human patients in Germany, Switzerland, and Sweden, which suggests that this could be an emerging pathogen in Europe.
authors: Lund University, Lund, Sweden. martin.andersson@biol.lu.se
authors: Martin
authors: M
authors: Andersson
authors: Lars
authors: L
authors: Råberg
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003411:Arvicolinae / Q000382:microbiology*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D018834:Chaperonin 60; D006801:Humans; D058889:Molecular Typing; D051189:Murinae / Q000382:microbiology*; D010802:Phylogeny; D015995:Prevalence; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012287:Rickettsiaceae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012288:Rickettsiaceae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012788:Shrews / Q000382:microbiology*; D013548:Sweden / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D018834:Chaperonin 60; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S