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BMC VETERINARY RESEARCH
Volume 10, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-10-80
Keywords
Wild boars; Ixodes; Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Belgium
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- Public Service of Wallonia
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Background: Anaplasma phagocytophilum is a tick-borne pathogen of veterinary and human importance. Both ticks as vectors and vertebrates as reservoir hosts are essential for the cycle maintenance of this bacterium. Currently, the whole range of animal species reservoirs for A. phagocytophilum in natural environment is still unknown. Therefore, the aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of infection with A. phagocytophilum in the wild boar population in southern Belgium. Results: In the frame of a targeted surveillance program, 513 wild boars were sampled during the hunting season 2011. A nested 16S rRNA PCR was used to screen the presence of A. phagocytophilum DNA in spleen of boars. Within 513 samples, 5 (0,97%) were tested PCR positive and identification was confirmed by sequencing. Conclusions: This study gives the first insight of presence of A. phagocytophilum in wild boars in southern Belgium.
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