Temporal and spatial variation in Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection in Swedish moose (Alces alces)

Abstract

The occurrence ofAnaplasma phagocytophilumwas investigated in spleen and serum samplesfrom Swedish moose (Alces alces) in southern Sweden (island and mainland). Samples wereanalysed for presence ofA. phagocytophilumDNA by real-time PCR (n=263), and forAnaplasmaantibodies with ELISA serology (n=234). All serum samples had antibodies againstA. phagocytophilum. The mean DNA-based prevalence was 26·3%, and significant (P

Citation

Malmsten, J., Gavier Widén, D., Rydevik, G., Yon, L., Hutchings, M. R., Thulin, C., …Dalin, A. (2014). Temporal and spatial variation in Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection in Swedish moose (Alces alces). Epidemiology and Infection, 142(06), 1205-1213. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0950268813002094

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Aug 10, 2013
• Online Publication Date: Sep 4, 2013
• Publication Date: 2014-06
• Deposit Date: Nov 23, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Feb 21, 2019
• Journal: Epidemiology and Infection
• Print ISSN: 0950-2688
• Electronic ISSN: 1469-4409
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 142
• Issue: 06
• Pages: 1205-1213
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0950268813002094
• Keywords: Ehrlichia; epidemiology; HGA, moose; PCR; serology; tick-borne fever
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1305912
• Publisher URL: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/epidemiology-and-infection/article/temporal-and-spatial-variation-in-anaplasma-phagocytophilum-infection-in-swedish-moose-alces-alces/B55B375F1919FA6358BC5ABC8FF25B16