Emerging Infectious Diseases (Feb 2022)

Novel Anaplasmataceae agents Candidatus Ehrlichia hydrochoerus and Anaplasma spp. Infecting Capybaras, Brazil

  • Thállitha S.W.J. Vieira,
  • Flávia C.M. Collere,
  • Larissa D.R. Ferrari,
  • Rafael A. Baggio,
  • Rogério R. Lange,
  • Marcos V. Ferrari,
  • Juan C.M. Duque,
  • Gustavo S. Sanches,
  • Nathália A. Pereira,
  • Daniel M. Aguiar,
  • Marcelo B. Labruna,
  • Rafael F.C. Vieira

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2802.210705
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 28, no. 2
pp. 480 – 482

Abstract

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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.

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