title: Congenital infection with Anaplasma phagocytophilum in a calf in northern Germany.
abstract: Anaplasma phagocytophilum is a Gram-negative, obligate intracellular tick-transmitted bacterium that replicates in neutrophils. It causes tick-borne fever (TBF) in sheep and cattle, but also elicits febrile disease in humans as well as in other domestic animals such as dogs, horses, and cats. Although increasingly recognized in Europe, the first laboratory-confirmed case of TBF in cattle from Germany has been published only recently. We here present the unusual case of an intrauterine transmission of A. phagocytophilum in a calf from northern Germany. To our knowledge, this is the first report of such an event occurring under field conditions in cattle.
authors: Institute for Animal Breeding and Genetics, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Bünteweg 17p, D-30559 Hannover, Germany.
authors: Thomas
authors: T
authors: Henniger
authors: Pauline
authors: P
authors: Henniger
authors: Thekla
authors: T
authors: Grossmann
authors: Ottmar
authors: O
authors: Distl
authors: Martin
authors: M
authors: Ganter
authors: Friederike D
authors: FD
authors: von Loewenich
mesh_terms: D041081:Anaplasma phagocytophilum / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D016873:Ehrlichiosis / Q000151:congenital / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male
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