Wild Boars as Hosts of Human-Pathogenic Anaplasma phagocytophilum Variants

Abstract

To investigate the potential of wild boars to host Anaplasma phagocytophilum, we analyzed bacterial 16S rRNA and ank genes. DNA sequencing identified several A. phagocytophilum variants, including a predominance of strains known to cause human disease. Boars are thus hosts for A. phagocytophilum, notably, strains associated with human granulocytic anaplasmosis.

Keywords

• Anaplasma phagocytophilum
• human granulocytic anaplasmosis
• HGA
• Ixodes ricinus
• wild boars
• Sus scrofa