Two Anaplasma phagocytophilum strains in Ixodes scapularis ticks, Canada.

Author:

Krakowetz, CN, Dibernardo, A, Lindsay, LR, and Chilton, NB

Publication type:

Journal Article

Publication date:

2014-12

Journal/Series title:

Emerg Infect Dis.

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URL:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4257797/

Abstract:

We developed PCR-based assays to distinguish a human pathogenic strain of Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Ap-ha, from Ap-variant 1, a strain not associated with human infection. The assays were validated on A. phagocytophilum-infected black-legged ticks (Ixodes scapularis) collected in Canada. The relative prevalence of these 2 strains in I. scapularis ticks differed among geographic regions.