A new case of the enigmatic Candidatus Neoehrlichia sp. (FU98) in a fox from the Czech Republic

Adnan Hodžić; Barbora Mitkovà; David Modrý; Jana Juránková; Lucia Frgelecová; Pavel Forejtek; Vladimír Steinbauer; Georg Gerhard Duscher

doi:10.1016/j.mcp.2016.02.005

A new case of the enigmatic Candidatus Neoehrlichia sp. (FU98) in a fox from the Czech Republic

Mol Cell Probes. 2017 Feb:31:59-60. doi: 10.1016/j.mcp.2016.02.005. Epub 2016 Feb 11.

Authors

Adnan Hodžić¹, Barbora Mitkovà², David Modrý³, Jana Juránková⁴, Lucia Frgelecová⁴, Pavel Forejtek⁵, Vladimír Steinbauer⁶, Georg Gerhard Duscher⁷

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Parasitology, Department of Pathobiology, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Veterinaerplatz 1, 1210 Vienna, Austria.
² Department of Pathology and Parasitology, University of Veterinary and Farmaceutical Sciences, Palackého 1, 61242 Brno, Czech Republic; Central European Institute for Technology (CEITEC VFU), University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Palackého 1, 61242 Brno, Czech Republic.
³ Department of Pathology and Parasitology, University of Veterinary and Farmaceutical Sciences, Palackého 1, 61242 Brno, Czech Republic; Central European Institute for Technology (CEITEC VFU), University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Palackého 1, 61242 Brno, Czech Republic; Biology Centre, Institute of Parasitology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Branisovska 31, 37005 České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
⁴ Department of Pathology and Parasitology, University of Veterinary and Farmaceutical Sciences, Palackého 1, 61242 Brno, Czech Republic.
⁵ Department of Veterinary Public Health and Animal Welfare, University of Veterinary and Farmaceutical Sciences, Palackého 1, 61242 Brno, Czech Republic; Central European Institute for Wildlife Ecology, Šumavská 416/15, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic.
⁶ Military Veterinary Institute, Army of the Czech Republic, Opavská 29, 748 01 Hlučín, Czech Republic; Department of Meat Hygene and Technology, University of Veterinary and Farmaceutical Sciences, Palackého 1, 61242 Brno, Czech Republic.
⁷ Institute of Parasitology, Department of Pathobiology, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Veterinaerplatz 1, 1210 Vienna, Austria. Electronic address: georg.duscher@vetmeduni.ac.at.

PMID: 26876304
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcp.2016.02.005

Abstract

This study reports a new case of Candidatus Neoehrlichia sp. (FU98) infection in a fox from the Czech Republic, and provides confirmatory evidence on the occurrence of this newly identified sequence type. However, further studies are needed to investigate the distribution, host range and possible vector(s) for this bacterium, as well as its impact on animals and humans.

Keywords: 16S rRNA; Blood; Candidatus Neoehrlichia sp.; Czech Republic; Red fox; groEL.

MeSH terms

Anaplasmataceae / physiology*
Animals
Czech Republic
DNA, Bacterial / blood
DNA, Bacterial / genetics
Foxes / blood
Foxes / microbiology*
Sequence Analysis, DNA

Substances

DNA, Bacterial