Molecular surveillance of Theileria equi and Anaplasma phagocytophilum infections in horses from Ukraine, Poland and Slovakia
| Autor: | Joanna Werszko, Tomasz Szewczyk, Grzegorz Karbowiak, Branislav Peťko, Bronislava Víchová, Ondrej Ragač, Vitaliy Demeshkant, K. Slivinska, Z. Wroblewski |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0301 basic medicine Slovakia Veterinary medicine Ehrlichiosis animal diseases 030231 tropical medicine Pcr assay Biology 18S ribosomal RNA 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Theileria parasitic diseases medicine Animals Horses General Veterinary Horse General Medicine bacterial infections and mycoses medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Virology Anaplasma phagocytophilum Theileriasis respiratory tract diseases 030104 developmental biology Theileria equi Population Surveillance bacteria Female Horse Diseases Parasitology Poland Anaplasmosis Ukraine |
| Zdroj: | Veterinary Parasitology. 215:35-37 |
| ISSN: | 0304-4017 |
| Popis: | A survey was undertaken to assess the prevalence of Theileria equi and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in some regions of Ukraine, Poland and Slovakia. Using a specific PCR assays, blood samples from 215 horses were tested. The prevalence of T. equi and A. phagocytophilum infection was 13.95% and 1.4%, respectively. BLAST analysis showed the isolates closest to the T. equi 18S rRNA and A. phagocytophilum msp4 gene sequences in GenBank with a similarity of ≥99%. No significant association was found between the T. equi PCR positivity and the age or sex of the horses. There was a significant association between the origin of horses and T. equi-PCR positivity. No significant association was found between the A. phagocytophilum-PCR positivity and the age, sex or origin. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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