title: Dual infection with Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Babesia microti in a Rattus norvegicus, China.
abstract: Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Babesia microti were isolated from a Rattus norvegicus in the middle east of China through propagation in experimental mice. Their molecular biological characteristics were described. The public health and veterinary significance of the dual infection of the 2 tick-borne agents deserve further investigation.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Xiao-Guang
authors.initials: XG
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Hao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Yao-Yun
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jia-Fu
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Wu-Chun
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Cao
mesh_terms: D041081:Anaplasma phagocytophilum / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000818:Animals; D041001:Babesia microti / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001404:Babesiosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D001483:Base Sequence; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D060085:Coinfection; D016873:Ehrlichiosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D058507:Host Specificity; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D016513:Mice, SCID; D023421:Models, Animal; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D051189:Murinae; D010802:Phylogeny; D051381:Rats; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013154:Spleen / Q000382:microbiology / Q000469:parasitology
keywords: Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Babesia microti; China; Coinfection