Dual infection with Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Babesia microti in a Rattus norvegicus, China

Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2013 Sep;4(5):399-402. doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2013.04.002. Epub 2013 May 20.

Abstract

Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Babesia microti were isolated from a Rattus norvegicus in the middle east of China through propagation in experimental mice. Their molecular biological characteristics were described. The public health and veterinary significance of the dual infection of the 2 tick-borne agents deserve further investigation.

Keywords: Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Babesia microti; China; Coinfection.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anaplasma phagocytophilum / genetics
  • Anaplasma phagocytophilum / isolation & purification*
  • Animals
  • Babesia microti / genetics
  • Babesia microti / isolation & purification*
  • Babesiosis / epidemiology
  • Babesiosis / parasitology*
  • Base Sequence
  • China / epidemiology
  • Coinfection
  • Ehrlichiosis / epidemiology
  • Ehrlichiosis / microbiology*
  • Female
  • Host Specificity
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred BALB C
  • Mice, SCID
  • Models, Animal
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Murinae
  • Phylogeny
  • Rats
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Spleen / microbiology
  • Spleen / parasitology

Associated data

  • GENBANK/KC470064
  • GENBANK/KC478600