Open AccessDemonstration of Two Distinct Hemotropic Mycoplasmas in French Dogs
Author(s) -
Martin J. Kenny,
Susan E. Shaw,
Frédéric Beugnet,
Séverine Tasker
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.42.11.5397-5399.2004
Subject(s) - mycoplasma , biology , mycoplasmataceae , virology , mollicutes , microbiology and biotechnology
In North America it has been shown that distinct hemotropic mycoplasmas exist in dogs. Blood samples from 460 French dogs were analyzed by PCR to evaluate hemoplasma infection status. Seventy-one dogs (15.4%) were positive; of these, 44 (9.6%) were infected with an organism closely related to "Candidatus Mycoplasma haemoparvum" only, 15 (3.3%) were infected with Mycoplasma haemocanis only, and 12 dogs (2.6%) were dually infected with both organisms.