Canine and ovine tick-borne pathogens in camels, Nigeria

In April 2008, whole blood samples were collected from 36 dromedary camels in Sokoto, North-western Nigeria. Following PCR and reverse line blotting, twenty-two samples (61%) resulted positive for Ehrlichia/Anaplasma spp. and three (8%) for Theileria/Babesia spp., with three (8%) cases of co-infecti...

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Autores principales: Lorusso, Vincenzo, Wijnveld, Michiel, Latrofa, Maria S., Fajinmi, Akinyemi, Majekodunmi, Ayodele O., Dogo, Abraham G., Igweh, Augustine C., Otranto, Domenico, Jongejan, Frans, Welburn, Susan C., Picozzi, Kim
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Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5061551/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27692338
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2016.08.014
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author Lorusso, Vincenzo
Wijnveld, Michiel
Latrofa, Maria S.
Fajinmi, Akinyemi
Majekodunmi, Ayodele O.
Dogo, Abraham G.
Igweh, Augustine C.
Otranto, Domenico
Jongejan, Frans
Welburn, Susan C.
Picozzi, Kim
author_facet Lorusso, Vincenzo
Wijnveld, Michiel
Latrofa, Maria S.
Fajinmi, Akinyemi
Majekodunmi, Ayodele O.
Dogo, Abraham G.
Igweh, Augustine C.
Otranto, Domenico
Jongejan, Frans
Welburn, Susan C.
Picozzi, Kim
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description In April 2008, whole blood samples were collected from 36 dromedary camels in Sokoto, North-western Nigeria. Following PCR and reverse line blotting, twenty-two samples (61%) resulted positive for Ehrlichia/Anaplasma spp. and three (8%) for Theileria/Babesia spp., with three (8%) cases of co-infections being found. Both sequence and BLAST analyses identified Ehrlichia/Anaplasma spp. and Theileria/Babesia spp. positive cases as Anaplasma platys and Theileria ovis, respectively. This is the first report of the detection of A. platys and T. ovis in camels from sub-Saharan Africa. The epidemiological relevance of this finding is enhanced by the close living of these animals with both dogs and small ruminants. The high prevalence detected for A. platys suggests a possible role of camels as carriers of this infection.
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spelling pubmed-50615512016-10-18 Canine and ovine tick-borne pathogens in camels, Nigeria Lorusso, Vincenzo Wijnveld, Michiel Latrofa, Maria S. Fajinmi, Akinyemi Majekodunmi, Ayodele O. Dogo, Abraham G. Igweh, Augustine C. Otranto, Domenico Jongejan, Frans Welburn, Susan C. Picozzi, Kim Vet Parasitol Short Communication In April 2008, whole blood samples were collected from 36 dromedary camels in Sokoto, North-western Nigeria. Following PCR and reverse line blotting, twenty-two samples (61%) resulted positive for Ehrlichia/Anaplasma spp. and three (8%) for Theileria/Babesia spp., with three (8%) cases of co-infections being found. Both sequence and BLAST analyses identified Ehrlichia/Anaplasma spp. and Theileria/Babesia spp. positive cases as Anaplasma platys and Theileria ovis, respectively. This is the first report of the detection of A. platys and T. ovis in camels from sub-Saharan Africa. The epidemiological relevance of this finding is enhanced by the close living of these animals with both dogs and small ruminants. The high prevalence detected for A. platys suggests a possible role of camels as carriers of this infection. Elsevier 2016-09-15 /pmc/articles/PMC5061551/ /pubmed/27692338 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2016.08.014 Text en © 2016 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Lorusso, Vincenzo
Wijnveld, Michiel
Latrofa, Maria S.
Fajinmi, Akinyemi
Majekodunmi, Ayodele O.
Dogo, Abraham G.
Igweh, Augustine C.
Otranto, Domenico
Jongejan, Frans
Welburn, Susan C.
Picozzi, Kim
Canine and ovine tick-borne pathogens in camels, Nigeria
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title_fullStr Canine and ovine tick-borne pathogens in camels, Nigeria
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title_short Canine and ovine tick-borne pathogens in camels, Nigeria
title_sort canine and ovine tick-borne pathogens in camels, nigeria
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5061551/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27692338
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2016.08.014
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