Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection in moose (Alces alces) in Norway

• Published in: Microbes and Infection
• Main Authors: Pūraitė, Irma, Rosef, Olav, Paulauskas, Algimantas, Radzijevskaja, Jana
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Lithuanian; English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Anaplasma phagocytophilum.; Moose.; Alces alces.; msp4.; 16S rRNA; info:eu-repo/classification/udc/57; Norway; Oppland; Alces alces
• Online Access: http://vdu.lvb.lt/VDU:ELABAPDB15350563&prefLang=en_US

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...