Emerging Infectious Diseases (Sep 2007)

Anaplasma platys in Dogs, Chile

  • Katia Abarca,
  • Javier López,
  • Cecilia Perret,
  • Javier Guerrero,
  • Paula Godoy,
  • Ana Veloz,
  • Fernando Valiente-Echeverría,
  • Ursula León,
  • Constanza Gutjahr,
  • Teresa Azócar

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1309.070021
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 9
pp. 1392 – 1392

Abstract

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We conducted a 16S rRNA nested PCR for the genus Ehrlichia and Ehrlichia spp. with blood samples from 30 ill dogs in Chile. Phylogenetic analysis was performed by using groESL gene amplification. We identified Anaplasma platys as 1 of the etiologic agents of canine ehrlichiosis.

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