First Molecular Detection and Phylogenetic Analysis of Anaplasma                phagocytophilum from a Clinical Case of Canine Granulocytic Anaplasmosis in Japan

Yuichi Fukui; Seigo Ohkawa; Hisashi Inokuma

doi:10.7883/yoken.JJID.2017.558

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First Molecular Detection and Phylogenetic Analysis of Anaplasma phagocytophilum from a Clinical Case of Canine Granulocytic Anaplasmosis in Japan

Yuichi Fukui, Seigo Ohkawa, Hisashi Inokuma

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Keywords: Anaplasma phagocytophilum, canine granulocytic anaplasmosis, phylogenetic analysis, Japan

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2018 Volume 71 Issue 4 Pages 302-305

DOI https://doi.org/10.7883/yoken.JJID.2017.558

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Abstract

Anaplasma phagocytophilum DNA was detected from a dog with canine granulocytic anaplasmosis (CGA) in Japan. Phylogenetic analysis of the DNA using 16S rRNA, gltA, and groEL sequences revealed that the strain was nearly identical to A. phagocytophilum detected from Apodemus agrarius (black-striped field mouse) in China and Korea. To our knowledge, this is the first report of molecular detection and phylogenetic analysis of A. phagocytophilum from a clinical case of CGA in Japan.

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