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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE
Volume 87, Issue 1, Pages 185-189Publisher
AMER SOC TROP MED & HYGIENE
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.12-0005
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- China-U.S. Collaborative Program on Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases [1U2GGH000018-01]
- National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) [2010CB530200 (2010CB530206)]
- National Key Science and Technology Projects of China [2009ZX10004-203, 2008ZX10004-008]
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A nationwide epidemiologic investigation of domestic animal infections has been conducted in nine provinces and one city during 2007-2010. Serum samples from a total of 707 goats, 433 cattle, and 219 dogs were collected for detecting Anaplasma phagocytophilum IgG antibody by immunofluorescence assays and the average seroprevalences were 10.05% for dogs, 3.82% for goats, and 0.69% for cattle, respectively. A total of 472 goats, 201 cattle, 102 dog blood clots, and 1,580 ticks were collected for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplifying A. phagocytophilum 16S rRNA genes and the PCR-positive rates were 26.69% for goats, 23.38% for cattle, and 10.89% for dogs. Six species were identified and the average PCR-positive rates were 58.3% for Dermacentor silvarum, 43.9% for Haemaphysalis longicornis, 12.5% for Ixodes persulcatus, 7.5% (3 of 40) for Boophilus microplus, and 5.2% for Rhipicephalus sanguineus, respectively. The evidence in the study indicated the zoonotic Rickettsia is highly prevalent in China.
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