Detection of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) and raccoon dogs (Nyctereutes procyonoides) from Brandenburg, Germany

作者：Haertwig Vera; von Loewenich Friederike D; Schulze Christoph; Straubinger Reinhard K; Daugschies Arwid; Dyachenko Viktor^*

来源：Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases, 2014, 5(3): 277-280.

DOI：10.1016/j.ttbdis.2013.11.001

• Anaplasma phagocytophilum
• Real-time PCR
• Lung tissue
• Vulpes vulpes
• Red foxes
• Nyctereutes procyonoides
• Raccoon dogs

Anaplasma phagocytophilum is an obligate intracellular and tick-transmitted bacterium, which causes granulocytic anaplasmosis in animals and humans. Although infection with A. phagocytophilum in domestic animals and vector ticks is documented, there is sparse information on the occurrence of A. phagocytophilum in wild animals. Red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) as well as raccoon dogs (Nyctereutes procyonoides) are wildlife species highly abundant in certain areas of Germany and represent a potential wildlife reservoir for zoonotic diseases. To obtain data about the occurrence of A. phagocytophilum in these animals, red fox and raccoon dog carcasses (hunted or found dead) were collected from January to September 2009 in the Federal State of Brandenburg, Germany. Lung tissue samples were subjected to DNA extraction and were examined for the presence of A. phagocytophilum DNA by means of real-time PCR. Anaplasma phagocytophilum was detected in 10 out of 122 (8.2%) lungs of red foxes and in 3 out of 13 (23%) lungs of raccoon dogs. To the best of our knowledge, A. phagocytophilum was detected for the first time in red foxes and raccoon dogs in Germany.

• 出版日期2014
• 单位河北医科大学