Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Borrelia burgdorferi in rabbits from southeastern China

Lin Zhan; Chen-Yi Chu; Shu-Qing Zuo; Xiao-Ming Wu; J Stephen Dumler; Na Jia; Bao-Gui Jiang; Hong Yang; Wu-Chun Cao

doi:10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.03.003

Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Borrelia burgdorferi in rabbits from southeastern China

Vet Parasitol. 2009 Jun 10;162(3-4):354-6. doi: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.03.003. Epub 2009 Mar 13.

Authors

Lin Zhan¹, Chen-Yi Chu, Shu-Qing Zuo, Xiao-Ming Wu, J Stephen Dumler, Na Jia, Bao-Gui Jiang, Hong Yang, Wu-Chun Cao

Affiliation

¹ Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing 100071, People's Republic of China.

PMID: 19345508
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.03.003

Abstract

A total of 54 wild rabbits captured from southeastern China were examined for Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays. One and three samples were positive for A. phagocytophilum and B. burgdorferi, respectively. Sequence analyses of PCR products identified a variant of A. phagocytophilum and a B. garinii genotype. This is the first detection of the two tick-borne agents in Chinese rabbits, the role of which in the maintenance of the agents deserve further investigations.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Anaplasma phagocytophilum / isolation & purification*
Anaplasmosis / epidemiology
Anaplasmosis / microbiology
Animals
Borrelia burgdorferi Group / isolation & purification*
China / epidemiology
Lyme Disease / epidemiology
Lyme Disease / microbiology
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Rabbits / microbiology*