Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection in moose (Alces alces) in Norway
Anaplasma phagocytophilum is a tick-borne bacterium that infects a wide range of animal species. The aim of our study was to investigate the prevalence of A. phagocytophilum in Norwegian moose Alces alces and to characterize the bacteria by sequencing of partial msp4 and 16S rRNA genes. Hunters coll...
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ftlithuaniansrc:oai:elaba:15350563 2023-05-15T13:12:43+02:00 Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection in moose (Alces alces) in Norway Pūraitė, Irma Rosef, Olav Paulauskas, Algimantas Radzijevskaja, Jana 2015 http://vdu.lvb.lt/VDU:ELABAPDB15350563&prefLang=en_US lit eng lit eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.micinf.2015.09.013 http://vdu.lvb.lt/VDU:ELABAPDB15350563&prefLang=en_US Microbes and infection, Amsterdam : Elsevier science B.V, 2015, Vol. 17, iss. 11-12, p. 823-828 ISSN 1286-4579 Anaplasma phagocytophilum. Moose. Alces alces. msp4. 16S rRNA info:eu-repo/classification/udc/57 info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2015 ftlithuaniansrc https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micinf.2015.09.013 2021-12-02T00:15:58Z Anaplasma phagocytophilum is a tick-borne bacterium that infects a wide range of animal species. The aim of our study was to investigate the prevalence of A. phagocytophilum in Norwegian moose Alces alces and to characterize the bacteria by sequencing of partial msp4 and 16S rRNA genes. Hunters collected spleen samples from 99 moose of different ages during 2013 and 2014 in two areas: Aust-Agder County (n = 70) where Ixodes ricinus ticks are abundant and Oppland County (n = 29) where ticks were either absent, or abundance very low. A. phagocytophilum was detected only in moose from the I. ricinus - abundant area. The overall prevalence of infection according to 16S rRNA and msp4 gene-based PCR was 41.4% and 31.4% respectively. Sequence analysis of the partial 16S rRNA and msp4 gene revealed two and eight different sequence types respectively. Four of eight msp4 sequence types determined in this study were unique, while others were identical to sequences derived from other ruminants and ticks. The present study indicates that moose could be a potential wildlife reservoir of A. phagocytophilum in Norway. Article in Journal/Newspaper Alces alces LSRC VL (Lithuanian Social Research Centre Virtual Library) Norway Oppland ENVELOPE(12.807,12.807,65.900,65.900) Microbes and Infection 17 11-12 823 828 |
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Anaplasma phagocytophilum. Moose. Alces alces. msp4. 16S rRNA info:eu-repo/classification/udc/57 Pūraitė, Irma Rosef, Olav Paulauskas, Algimantas Radzijevskaja, Jana Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection in moose (Alces alces) in Norway |
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Anaplasma phagocytophilum is a tick-borne bacterium that infects a wide range of animal species. The aim of our study was to investigate the prevalence of A. phagocytophilum in Norwegian moose Alces alces and to characterize the bacteria by sequencing of partial msp4 and 16S rRNA genes. Hunters collected spleen samples from 99 moose of different ages during 2013 and 2014 in two areas: Aust-Agder County (n = 70) where Ixodes ricinus ticks are abundant and Oppland County (n = 29) where ticks were either absent, or abundance very low. A. phagocytophilum was detected only in moose from the I. ricinus - abundant area. The overall prevalence of infection according to 16S rRNA and msp4 gene-based PCR was 41.4% and 31.4% respectively. Sequence analysis of the partial 16S rRNA and msp4 gene revealed two and eight different sequence types respectively. Four of eight msp4 sequence types determined in this study were unique, while others were identical to sequences derived from other ruminants and ticks. The present study indicates that moose could be a potential wildlife reservoir of A. phagocytophilum in Norway. |
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Pūraitė, Irma Rosef, Olav Paulauskas, Algimantas Radzijevskaja, Jana |
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Pūraitė, Irma Rosef, Olav Paulauskas, Algimantas Radzijevskaja, Jana |
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Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection in moose (Alces alces) in Norway |
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Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection in moose (Alces alces) in Norway |
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Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection in moose (Alces alces) in Norway |
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Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection in moose (Alces alces) in Norway |
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Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection in moose (Alces alces) in Norway |
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anaplasma phagocytophilum infection in moose (alces alces) in norway |
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Microbes and infection, Amsterdam : Elsevier science B.V, 2015, Vol. 17, iss. 11-12, p. 823-828 ISSN 1286-4579 |
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