Med. Weter. 75 (12), 755-758, 2019
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| JIA LIU, YUAN LI, SUMIN PAN, YAXUE ZOU, LIFENG CHEN, XIERONG LIU, QIUYUE WANG |
| Occurrence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in goats and sheep in Hebei Province, China |
| Anaplasma phagocytophilum is an emerging pathogen known to cause human granulocytic anaplasmosis (HGA). Here we determined the prevalence and genetic characterization of A. phagocytophilum in Hebei Province, China. A total of 253 samples were taken from goats and sheep in Hebei Province, and 52 (20.6%) were positive for A. phagocytophilum. There was a higher positive rate in sheep (23.8%, 20/84) than in goats (18.9%, 32/169). Analysis of the partial 16S RNA gene sequences of A. phagocytophilum revealed that the isolates in this study were members of the same clade and were 100% homologous with each other. This study provides information on the epidemiologic features of A. phagocytophilum. |
| Keywords: 16S RNA, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, genotype, Hebei Province, China |