Comparative analysis of 16S RNA nucleotide sequences of Anaplasma phagocytophilum detected in the blood of horses from various parts of Europe

References

1. Adaszek Ł., Winiarczyk S. 2008; Babesiosis in a horse. Med Weter 64:1317–1319
   [Google Scholar]
2. Adaszek Ł., Winiarczyk S. 2011; Identification of Anaplasma spp. rickettsia isolated from horses from clinical disease cases in Poland. Zoonoses Public Health 58:514–518 [View Article][PubMed]
   [Google Scholar]
3. Adaszek Ł., Winiarczyk S., Łukaszewska J. 2009; A first case of ehrlichiosis in a horse in Poland. Dtsch Tierarztl Wochenschr 116:330–334[PubMed]
   [Google Scholar]
4. Adaszek Ł., Klimiuk P., Skrzypczak M., Górna M., Ziętek J., Winiarczyk S. 2012; The identification of Anaplasma spp. isolated from fallow deer (Dama dama) on a free-range farm in eastern Poland. Pol J Vet Sci 15:393–394[PubMed]
   [Google Scholar]
5. Bakken J. S., Krueth J. K., Lund T., Malkovitch D., Asanovich K., Dumler J. S. 1996; Exposure to deer blood may be a cause of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis. Clin Infect Dis 23:198 [View Article][PubMed]
   [Google Scholar]
6. Bermann F., Davoust B., Fournier P. E., Brisou-Lapointe A. V., Brouqui P. 2002; Ehrlichia equi (Anaplasma phagocytophila) infection in an adult horse in France. Vet Rec 150:787–788 [View Article][PubMed]
   [Google Scholar]
7. Bjöersdorff A., Christenson D., Johnsson A., Sjöström A. C., Madigan J. E. 1990; Ehrlichia equi-infektion diagnostiserat hos häst. Svensk Veterinärtidning 42:357–360
   [Google Scholar]
8. Büscher G., Gandras R., Apel G., Friedhoff K. T. 1984; Der erste fall von ehrlichiose beim pferd in Deutschland (Kurzmitteilung). Dtsch Tierarztl Wochenschr 91:408–409[PubMed]
   [Google Scholar]
9. Butler C. M., Nijhof A. M., Jongejan F., van der Kolk J. H. 2008; Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection in horses in the Netherlands. Vet Rec 162:216–217 [View Article][PubMed]
   [Google Scholar]
10. Chan K. Y., Wang Ch.-H., Wu Y.-L. 2010; Serological survey of equine piroplasmosis, equine granulocytic anaplasmosis, and equine Lyme disease in Taiwan. Taiwan Vet J 36:261–267
    [Google Scholar]
11. Chen S. M., Dumler J. S., Bakken J. S., Walker D. H. 1994; Identification of a granulocytotropic Ehrlichia species as the etiologic agent of human disease. J Clin Microbiol 32:589–595
    [Google Scholar]
12. Daniels T. J., Falco R. G., Schwartz I., Varde S., Robbins R. G. 1997; Deer ticks (lxodes scapularis) and the agents of lyme disease and human granulocytic ehrlichiosis in a New York city park. Emerg Infect Dis 3:353–355 [CrossRef]
    [Google Scholar]
13. de la Fuente J., Torina A., Caracappa S., Tumino G., Furlá R., Almazán C., Kocan K. M. 2005; Serologic and molecular characterization of Anaplasma species infection in farm animals and ticks from Sicily. Vet Parasitol 133:357–362 [View Article][PubMed]
    [Google Scholar]
14. Dumler J. S., Asanovich K. M., Bakken J. S., Richter P., Kimsey R., Madigan J. E. 1995; Serologic cross-reactions among Ehrlichia equi, Ehrlichia phagocytophila, and human granulocytic Ehrlichia.. J Clin Microbiol 33:1098–1103[PubMed]
    [Google Scholar]
15. Dumler J. S., Barbet A. F., Bekker C. P., Dasch G. A., Palmer G. H., Ray S. C., Rikihisa Y., Rurangirwa F. R. 2001; Reorganization of genera in the families Rickettsiaceae and Anaplasmataceae in the order Rickettsiales: unification of some species of Ehrlichia with Anaplasma, Cowdria with Ehrlichia and Ehrlichia with Neorickettsia, descriptions of six new species combinations and designation of Ehrlichia equi and ‘HGE agent’ as subjective synonyms of Ehrlichia phagocytophila.. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 51:2145–2165 [View Article][PubMed]
    [Google Scholar]
16. Eriksen L., Hansen J. F., Abildtrup E., Engvall E. O. 1997; Equine granulocytic ehrlichiosis diagnosed in Denmark. Dansk Veterinærtidsskrift 80:231–234
    [Google Scholar]
17. Fröhlich W., Edelhofer R. 1998; Erstbeschreibung der equinen granulozytären ehrlichiose (EGE) bei einem pferd in Österreich. Wien Tierarztl Monatsschr 85:389–394
    [Google Scholar]
18. Gribble D. H. 1969; Equine ehrlichiosis. J Am Vet Med Assoc 155:462–469[PubMed]
    [Google Scholar]
19. Hermann M., Baumann D., Lutz H., Wild P. 1985; Erster diagnostizierter fall von equiner ehrlichiose in der Schweiz. Pferdeheilkunde 1:247–250
    [Google Scholar]
20. Inokuma H., Raoult D., Brouqui P. 2000; Detection of Ehrlichia platys DNA in brown dog ticks (Rhipicephalus sanguineus) in Okinawa Island, Japan. J Clin Microbiol 38:4219–4221[PubMed]
    [Google Scholar]
21. Jahn P., Zeman P., Bezdekova B., Praskova I. 2010; Equine granulocytic anaplasmosis in the Czech Republic. Vet Rec 166:646–649 [View Article][PubMed]
    [Google Scholar]
22. Korbutiak E., Schneiders D. H. 1994; First confirmed case of equine ehrlichiosis in Great Britain. Equine Vet Educ 6:303–304 [View Article]
    [Google Scholar]
23. Lillini E., Macrì G., Proietti G., Scarpulla M. 2006; New findings on anaplasmosis caused by infection with Anaplasma phagocytophilum.. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1081:360–370 [View Article][PubMed]
    [Google Scholar]
24. Merino F. J., Nebreda T., Serrano J. L., Fernández-Soto P., Encinas A., Pérez-Sánchez R. 2005; Tick species and tick-borne infections identified in population from a rural area of Spain. Epidemiol Infect 133:943–949 [View Article][PubMed]
    [Google Scholar]
25. M’ghirbi Y., Yaïch H., Ghorbel A., Bouattour A. 2012; Anaplasma phagocytophilum in horses and ticks in Tunisia. Parasit Vectors 5:180 [View Article][PubMed]
    [Google Scholar]
26. Naranjo V., Ruiz-Fons F., Höfle U., Fernández de Mera I. G., Villanúa D., Almazán C., Torina A., Caracappa S., Kocan K. M., Gortázar Ch., de la Fuente J. 2006; Molecular Epidemiology of Human and Bovine Anaplasmosis in Southern Europe. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1078:95–99 [View Article][PubMed]
    [Google Scholar]
27. Ohashi N., Inayoshi M., Kitamura K., Kawamori F., Kawaguchi D., Nishimura Y., Naitou H., Hiroi M., Masuzawa T. 2005; Anaplasma phagocytophilum–infected Ticks, Japan. Emerg Infect Dis 11:1780–1783 [View Article][PubMed]
    [Google Scholar]
28. Portillo A., Pérez-Martínez L., Santibáñez S., Santibáñez P., Palomar A. M., Oteo J. A. 2011; Anaplasma spp. in wild mammals and Ixodes ricinus from the north of Spain. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 11:3–8 [View Article][PubMed]
    [Google Scholar]
29. Pusterla N., Chae J. S., Kimsey R. B., Berger Pusterla J., DeRock E., Dumler J. S., Madigan J. E. 2002; Transmission of Anaplasma phagocytophila (human granulocytic ehrlichiosis agent) in horses using experimentally infected ticks (Ixodes scapularis). J Vet Med 49:484–488 [View Article][PubMed]
    [Google Scholar]
30. Richter P. J., Kimsey R. B., Madigan J. E., Barlough J. E., Dumler J. S., Brooks D. L. 1996; Ixodes pacificus (Acari: Ixodidae) as a vector of Ehrlichia equi (Rickettsiales: Ehrlichieae). Vet Rec 33:1–5 [View Article][PubMed]
    [Google Scholar]
31. Stannard A. A., Gribble D. H., Smith R. S. 1969; Equine ehrlichiosis: a disease with similarities to tick-borne fever and bovine petechial fever. Vet Rec 84:149–150 [View Article][PubMed]
    [Google Scholar]
32. Strle F. 2004; Human granulocytic ehrlichiosis in Europe. Int J Med Microbiol 293:27–35[PubMed]
    [Google Scholar]
33. Torina A., Vicente J., Alongi A., Scimeca S., Turlá R., Nicosia S., Di Marco V., Caracappa S., de la Fuente J. 2007; Observed prevalence of tick-borne pathogens in domestic animals in Sicily, Italy during 2003–2005. Zoonoses Public Health 54:8–15 [View Article][PubMed]
    [Google Scholar]
34. Yang J., Liu Z., Guan G., Liu Q., Li Y., Chen Z., Ma M., Liu A., Ren Q. other authors 2013; Prevalence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in ruminants, rodents and ticks in Gansu, north-western China. J Med Microbiol 62:254–258 [View Article][PubMed]
    [Google Scholar]