title: Migratory and carnivorous birds in Brazil: reservoirs for Anaplasma and Ehrlichia species?
abstract: In order to investigate new hosts for Anaplasmataceae agents in Brazil, we collected blood samples from 21 wild birds. Using molecular techniques, we detected the presence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Ehrlichia chaffeensis, and an Ehrlichia species closely related to Ehrlichia canis in carnivorous avian blood samples. In addition, an Ehrlichia species closely related to an Ehrlichia species found in wild felines in Brazil was also detected in a goose blood sample. Wild birds may play a role as carriers of Anaplasmataceae agents in Brazil.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Patologia Veterinária, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP), Jaboticabal, São Paulo, Brazil. zacarias@fcav.unesp.br
authors.forename: Rosangela Zacarias
authors.initials: RZ
authors.lastname: Machado
authors.forename: Marcos Rogério
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: André
authors.forename: Karin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Werther
authors.forename: Eliane
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: de Sousa
authors.forename: Fernando Antônio
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Gavioli
authors.forename: José Roberto Ferreira
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Alves Junior
mesh_terms: D041081:Anaplasma phagocytophilum / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D025041:Animal Migration; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000635:transmission; D001717:Birds; D001938:Brazil; D060435:Carnivory; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D004536:Ehrlichia / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D018469:Ehrlichia chaffeensis / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016873:Ehrlichiosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000662:veterinary; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S