Molecular detection of Anaplasma platys infection in free-roaming dogs and ticks from Kenya and Ivory Coast
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- 作者：Ioana Adriana Matei ; Gianluca D'Amico ; Patrick K. Yao…
- 关键词：Africa ; Anaplasma platys ; Carnivores ; Kenya ; Ivory Coast
- 刊名：Parasites & Vectors
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：December 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：9
- 期：1
- 全文大小：1,065 KB
- 刊物主题：Parasitology; Infectious Diseases; Tropical Medicine; Entomology;
- 出版者：BioMed Central
- ISSN：1756-3305
文摘
Background Anaplasma platys is a bacterium parasitic in the canine platelets, representing the causative agent of canine cyclic thrombocytopenia, with a worldwide distribution, mainly in tropical countries. The agent has zoonotic potential, being reported in several human clinical cases. The suspected vector is the tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus (sensu lato), widely distributed in animals and humans in the tropical regions of South America, Africa, Asia and Australia, but also in southern Europe. Only few scattered data concerning the epidemiology of A. platys in sub-Saharan Africa are available. The aim of our study was to evaluate the epidemiological status of A. platys in dogs and cats from rural communities in eastern and western Africa, where dogs and their ticks live in close contact with humans.