Detection of Anaplasma phagocytophilum genotypes that are potentially virulent for human in wild ruminants and Ixodes ricinus in Central Italy

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• 作者：M. Di Domenico ; I. Pascucci ; V. Curini ; A. Cocco ; F. Dall&rsquo ; Acqua ; C. Pompilii ; C. Cammà ; ; ^{c.camma@izs.it" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author}
• 关键词：Anaplasma phagocytophilum ; groEL ; HGA ; Wild ruminants ; Ixodes ricinus
• 刊名：Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：July 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：7
• 期：5
• 页码：782-787
• 全文大小：835 K

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Human granulocytic anaplasmosis (HGA) is an emerging tick-borne zoonosis worldwide. As is the case for many tick-borne diseases, the epidemiological cycle is associated to the environmental conditions, including the presence of wild vertebrate reservoir hosts, vectors, climate and vegetation. In this study a total number of 87 spleen samples of wild ruminants carcasses from Central Italy, and 77 Ixodes ricinus collected from the same dead animals were screened for Anaplasma phagocytophilum by using Real Time PCR. A. phagocytophilum DNA was detected in 75%, 66.7% and 54.2% of the spleen samples from red deer (Cervus elaphus), Apennine chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica ornata) and roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) respectively, whereas it was detected in the 31.2% of I. ricinus. A total of 27 positive samples were characterized by sequencing a portion of the groEL gene. Two A. phagocytophilum lineages could clearly be delineated from the phylogenetic tree. Four sequences from red deer, 2 from I. ricinus and 1 from Apennine chamois clustered into lineage I together with those previously described as virulent genotypes related to HGA. The presence of A. phagocytophilum DNA in the Apennine chamois represents the first report for this Italian endemic subspecies.