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Anaplasma phagocytophilum Infection in Cattle in France
Author(s) -
MATSUMOTO KOTARO,
JONCOUR GUY,
DAVOUST BERNARD,
PITEL PIERREHUGUES,
CHAUZY ALAIN,
COLLIN ERIC,
MORVAN HERVÉ,
VASSALLO NATHALIE,
BROUQUI PHILIPPE
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1196/annals.1374.092
Subject(s) - anaplasma phagocytophilum , anaplasmosis , tick borne disease , biology , tick , virology , cattle diseases , ixodes , veterinary medicine , medicine , immunology , antibody , borrelia burgdorferi
Anaplasma phagocytophilum is the agent of pasture fever or tick‐borne fever, a disease of ruminants and humans in the United States and in Europe. Although several hundred cases have been suspected to occur in cattle in France, none has yet been microbiologically confirmed. We report the first identification of A. phagocytophilum 16S RNA gene sequence in a case of TBF in France. This indicates that the diagnosis of tick‐borne fever should be also evoked in cattle exposed to Ixodes ticks in France.