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Molecular detection of vector-borne agents in wild boars (Sus scrofa) and associated ticks from Brazil, with evidence of putative new genotypes of Ehrlichia, Anaplasma, and haemoplasmas.
Transboundary and emerging diseases - 1 Sept 2022
Santana Matheus de Souza, Hoppe Estevam Guilherme Lux, Carraro Paulo Eduardo, Calchi Ana Cláudia, de Oliveira Laryssa Borges, do Amaral Renan Bressianini, Mongruel Anna Claudia Baumel, Machado Dália Monique Ribeiro, Burger Karina Paes, Barros-Batestti Darci Moraes, Machado Rosangela Zacarias, André Marcos Rogério
Abstract excerpt
The present study aimed to investigate, by molecular techniques, the occurrence of Anaplasmataceae, Bartonellaceae, Rickettsiaceae, Mycoplasmataceae, Coxiellaceae, and Babesiidae/Theileriidae agents in blood samples of free-living wild boars (Sus scrofa) and associated ticks in south-eastern Brazil. For this purpose, 67 blood samples and 265 ticks (264 Amblyomma sculptum and one Amblyomma ovale) were analysed. In...
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