Wild boars as hosts of human-pathogenic Anaplasma phagocytophilum variants

Emerg Infect Dis. 2012 Jun;18(6):998-1001. doi: 10.3201/eid1806.110997.

Abstract

To investigate the potential of wild boars to host Anaplasma phagocytophilum, we analyzed bacterial 16S rRNA and ank genes. DNA sequencing identified several A. phagocytophilum variants, including a predominance of strains known to cause human disease. Boars are thus hosts for A. phagocytophilum, notably, strains associated with human granulocytic anaplasmosis.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anaplasma phagocytophilum / genetics*
  • Animals
  • Bacteremia / epidemiology
  • Bacteremia / microbiology
  • Bacteremia / veterinary*
  • Cluster Analysis
  • Disease Reservoirs / microbiology*
  • Ehrlichiosis / epidemiology
  • Ehrlichiosis / microbiology
  • Ehrlichiosis / veterinary*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Ixodes / microbiology
  • Molecular Typing
  • Phylogeny
  • Poland / epidemiology
  • Prevalence
  • RNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
  • Sequence Analysis, RNA
  • Sus scrofa
  • Swine
  • Swine Diseases / epidemiology
  • Swine Diseases / microbiology*

Substances

  • RNA, Bacterial
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S