title: Wild boars as hosts of human-pathogenic Anaplasma phagocytophilum variants.
abstract: To investigate the potential of wild boars to host Anaplasma phagocytophilum, we analyzed bacterial 16S rRNA and ank genes. DNA sequencing identified several A. phagocytophilum variants, including a predominance of strains known to cause human disease. Boars are thus hosts for A. phagocytophilum, notably, strains associated with human granulocytic anaplasmosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Morphology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland. michalik@amu.edu.pl
authors.forename: Jerzy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Michalik
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stańczak
authors.forename: Stella
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cieniuch
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Racewicz
authors.forename: Bożena
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sikora
authors.forename: Mirosława
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dabert
mesh_terms: D041081:Anaplasma phagocytophilum / Q000235:genetics*; D000818:Animals; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000382:microbiology*; D016873:Ehrlichiosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018884:Ixodes / Q000382:microbiology; D058889:Molecular Typing; D010802:Phylogeny; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017423:Sequence Analysis, RNA; D034421:Sus scrofa; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S