FINDINGS OF THE ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPILUM GENOME IN TICKS FROM VOJVODINA AREA, SERBIA
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Keywords

ticks
Dermacentor recitulatus
Ixodes ricinus
Anaplasma phagocitophilum
anaplasmosis
PCR

How to Cite

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Potkonjak A, Savić S, Grgić Živoslav, Lako B, Vračar V, Rajković D, Jurišić A, Petrović A. FINDINGS OF THE ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPILUM GENOME IN TICKS FROM VOJVODINA AREA, SERBIA. AVM [Internet]. 2013 Sep. 6 [cited 2024 Mar. 28];6(1):29-43. Available from: https://niv.ns.ac.rs/e-avm/index.php/e-avm/article/view/143

Abstract

Ticks are vectors for many infectious diseases and represent a constant threat to human population and other animals, especially with respect to zoonoses. Th e cause of granulocyte anaplasmosis Anaplasma phagocytophilum is a gram-negative, obligate intracellular bacterium that infects people as well as various domestic and wild animals. Th e agent is spread worldwide, persisting in the natural environment through an enzootic circle between ticks and their hosting vertebrae. Th e aim of this paper is to demonstrate the distribution of ticks’ infection with Anaplasma phagocytophilum in the territory of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. Ticks were collected at ten locations in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Serbia, which are a rural habitat for ticks. By applying the nested PCR method, the ticks were examined for the presence of specifi c DNA p44/msp2 Anaplasma phagocytphilum. Of the ten examined pools of ticks collected in the area of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, the presence of genome of the agent Anaplasma phagocytophilum was confi rmed in six pools applying the PCR method. In five pools of ticks of the species Ixodes ricinus, presence of agent Anaplasma phagocytophilum was confi rmed. Th ese ticks were found at the following locations: Poplar Research Institute (2 locations), Fruška gora (2 locations) Poloj-forest Bačka Palanka (1 location). In one pool of ticks of the species Dermacentor reticulatus from the location Poloj-forest Bačka Palanka, we confi rmed the presence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum genome. This infection can be a problem for public health, so further and more comprehensive acharological and epidemiological research is necessary in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina.

https://doi.org/10.46784/e-avm.v6i1.143
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