Molecular Evidence for Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Israel

Abstract

Sequences from the Anaplasma phagocytophilum 16S rRNA gene were detected in 5 ticks representing 3 species (Hyalomma marginatum, Rhipicephalus turanicus, and Boophilus kohlsi) collected from roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) in Mount Carmel, Israel. The sequences were all identical to those of Ap-variant 1 strain.

Keywords

• Anaplasma phagocytophilum
• ticks
• Israel
• dispatch