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Molecular Survey of Ehrlichia canis and Anaplasma phagocytophilum from Blood of Dogs in Italy
Author(s) -
SOLANOGALLEGO L.,
TROTTA M.,
RAZIA L.,
FURLANELLO T.,
CALDIN M.
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.1374.101
Subject(s) - anaplasma phagocytophilum , ehrlichia canis , canis , ehrlichiosis , anaplasma , biology , virology , veterinary medicine , ehrlichia , medicine , immunology , tick , borrelia burgdorferi , ecology , serology , antibody
We investigated the prevalence of Ehrlichia canis ( E. canis ) ( n = 601) and Anaplasma phagocytophilum ( A. phagocytophilum ) ( n = 460) infection by means of real‐time PCR from blood of Italian dogs. The prevalence of E. canis in northern, central, and southern Italy was 2.9%, 8%, and 9.7%, respectively. The prevalence of A. phagocytophilum was 0%.