The bacterium Anaplasma phagocytophilum has for decades been known to cause the
disease tick-borne fever (TBF) in domestic ruminants in Ixodes ricinus-infested areas in …

Anaplasma phagocytophilum is a worldwide emerging zoonotic tick-borne pathogen
transmitted by Ixodid ticks and naturally maintained in complex and incompletely assessed …

Anaplasma phagocytophilum is a worldwide distributed bacterium with a significant medical
and veterinary importance. It grows within the phagosome of infected neutrophils and is …

A polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay followed by partial sequencing of the 16S
ribosomal RNA gene was performed for the presence of Ehrlichia and/or Anaplasma. A total …

Background Ixodes ricinus is the principal vector of Anaplasma phagocytophilum, the
ethiological agent of granulocytic anaplasmosis in Europe. Anaplasmosis is an emerging …

Abstract Background The genus Ehrlichia consists of tick-borne obligatory intracellular
bacteria that can cause deadly diseases of medical and agricultural importance. Ehrlichia …

Due to recent establishment of the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis Say, in southeastern
Canada, tick-borne zoonoses (Lyme disease, human granulocytotropic anaplasmosis, and …

ABSTRACT A real-time PCR assay was developed for the detection of Ehrlichia chaffeensis.
The assay is species specific and provides quantitative results in the range 10 to 1010 gene …

Rickettsiae are genetically related α-Proteobacteria with fascinating obligately intracellular
lifestyles usually involving alternation between vertebrate and invertebrate hosts. These …

Ixodes spp. are commonly found on dogs and cats throughout the world. In the eastern
United States, 16S rDNA sequence of Ixodes scapularis, the predominant species, reveals …