Molecular Detection and Phylogeny of and Related Variants in Small Ruminants from Turkey

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Journal Animals (Basel)

Date 2021 Apr 3

PMID 33799376

Citations 4

Authors

Munir Aktas

Sezayi Ozubek

Mehmet Can Ulucesme

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Abstract

causes tick-borne fever in small ruminants. Recently, novel variants related to have been reported in ruminants from Tunisia, Italy, South Korea, Japan, and China. Based on and genes and sequencing, we screened the frequency of and related variants in 433 apparently healthy small ruminants in Turkey. spp. overall infection rates were 27.9% (121/433 analyzed samples). The frequency of and -like 1 infections was 1.4% and 26.5%, respectively. No -like 2 was detected in the tested animals. The prevalence of spp. was comparable in species, and no significant difference was detected between sheep and goats, whereas the prevalence significantly increased with tick infestation. Sequencing confirmed PCR-RFLP data and showed the presence of and -like-1 variant in the sampled animals. Phylogeny-based on gene revealed the -like 1 in a separate clade together with the previous isolates detected in small ruminants and ticks. In this work, -like 1 has been detected for the first time in sheep and goats from Turkey. This finding revealed that the variant should be considered in the diagnosis of caprine and ovine anaplasmosis.

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