Novel Anaplasmataceae agents <i>Candidatus</i> Ehrlichia hydrochoerus and <i>Anaplasma</i> spp. Infecting Capybaras, Brazil
Thállitha Samih Wischral Jayme Vieira, Flávia Carolina Meira Collere, Larissa Dantas Roeder Ferrari, Rafael Antunes Baggio, Rogério Ribas Lange, Marcos Vinícius Ferrari, Juan Carlos Duque, Gustavo Seron Sanches, Nathália de Assis Pereira, Daniel Moura de Aguiar, Marcelo B. Labruna, Rafael Felipe da Costa Vieira
Abstract
We amplified Ehrlichia and Anaplasma DNA from Amblyomma dubitatum tick-infested capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) in southern Brazil. Sequencing of 16S rRNA, sodB, and groEL indicated a novel Ehrlichia species, and sequencing of 16S rRNA from 2 capybaras indicated a novel Anaplasma species. The tick vectors remain unknown.
Topics & Concepts
AnaplasmataceaeEhrlichiaBiologyAnaplasmaCandidatusTick-borne disease16S ribosomal RNATickZoologyIxodesVirologyGeneticsGeneVector-borne infectious diseasesVector-Borne Animal DiseasesInsect symbiosis and bacterial influences