title: Prevalence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in North Carolina Eastern Black Bears ( Ursus americanus ).
abstract: We detected Anaplasma phagocytophilum by DNA amplification in whole blood from free-ranging, hunter-killed American black bears ( Ursus americanus ) from the east coast of North Carolina, US. Molecular prevalence for Anaplasma phagocytophilum was 3% from 68 black bears. No DNA of other Anaplasma or Ehrlichia spp. was identified.
authors.affiliation: 1 College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, 1060 William Moore Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina 27607, USA.
authors.forename: Lori S H
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Westmoreland
authors.affiliation: 1 College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, 1060 William Moore Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina 27607, USA.|2 Environmental Medicine Consortium, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, 1060 William Moore Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina 27607, USA.
authors.forename: Michael K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Stoskopf
authors.affiliation: 1 College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, 1060 William Moore Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina 27607, USA.
authors.forename: Ricardo G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Maggi
mesh_terms: D041081:Anaplasma phagocytophilum / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000818:Animals; D009657:North Carolina; D015995:Prevalence; D001503:Ursidae / Q000382:microbiology*