Detection of Ehrlichia chaffeensis in Brazilian marsh deer (Blastocerus dichotomus)

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Date

2006-06-30

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Veterinary Parasitology. Amsterdam: Elsevier B.V., v. 139, n. 1-3, p. 262-266, 2006.

0304-4017

http://hdl.handle.net/11449/2854

10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.02.038

WOS:000238439100033

3254990612451836

Author

Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)

Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU)

Institutions

Universidade Estadual Paulista (Brasil)

Abstract

Ehrlichia chaffeensis was detected for the first time in blood samples from Brazilian marsh deers (Blastocerus dichotomus) captured in the marshes of Parana River in Southeast Brazil in 1998. Seven EDTA-blood samples from deers were analyzed by PCR and nested PCR for presence of Ehrlichia chaffeensis, Ehrlichia ewingii, Ehrlichia canis, Neoriickettsia risticii, Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Anaplasma marginale. Three samples showed positive reactions for E. chaffeensis and Anaplasma marginale. None contained detectable A. phagocytophilum, E. ewingii, E. canis or Neorickettsia risticii DNA. In Brazil, the wild marsh deer may be a natural reservoir of the agents that cause human monocytotropic ehrlichiosis and ruminant erythrocytic anaplasmosis. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Subjects

Ehrlichia chaffeensis

Anaplasma marginale

marsh deer

PCR

nPCR

Brazil

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