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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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Anaplasma phagocytophilum , Animais Selvagens/microbiologia , Ehrlichiose/veterinária , Doenças dos Suínos/microbiologia , Anaplasma phagocytophilum/genética , Animais , Bélgica/epidemiologia , Reservatórios de Doenças/microbiologia , Ehrlichiose/epidemiologia , Ehrlichiose/microbiologia , Feminino , Masculino , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase/veterinária , Prevalência , RNA Ribossômico 16S/genética , Sus scrofa/microbiologia , Suínos , Doenças dos Suínos/epidemiologiaRESUMO
Schmallenberg virus was detected in cattle and sheep in northwestern Europe in 2011. To determine whether wild ruminants are also susceptible, we measured antibody seroprevalence in cervids (roe deer and red deer) in Belgium in 2010 and 2011. Findings indicated rapid spread among these deer since virus emergence ≈250 km away.