Preliminary study of natural reservoirs as sentinels of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Ehrlichia chaffeensis in Soria, northern Spain

The serum of foxes and red deer from the Prov- ince of Soria (northern Spain) was screened in indirect immunofluorescence assays to deter- mine whether these animals could be used as sentinels of the tick-borne pathogens Anaplas- ma phagocytophilum and Ehrlichia chaffeensis. The results suggest that...

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Autores: Lledó García, María Lourdes|||0000-0001-5387-6792, Giménez Pardo, Consuelo|||0000-0002-8206-1952, Serrano Barrón, José Luis
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Alcalá (UAH)
Repositorio:e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcalá
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ebuah.uah.es:10017/19862
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10017/19862
https://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ojpm.2013.39067
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Anaplasma phagocytophilum
Ehrlichia chaffeensis
Foxes
Red Deer
Sentinels
Spain
Ciencia
Microbiología y parasitología
Science
Microbiology and parasitology
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Sumario:The serum of foxes and red deer from the Prov- ince of Soria (northern Spain) was screened in indirect immunofluorescence assays to deter- mine whether these animals could be used as sentinels of the tick-borne pathogens Anaplas- ma phagocytophilum and Ehrlichia chaffeensis. The results suggest that foxes and red deer would not make good sentinels in epidemiol- ogical studies on E. chaffeensis in this region, although red deer could be used as such for the study of A. phagocytophilum transmission.