Circulation of four Anaplasma phagocytophilum ecotypes in Europe

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Authors

Setareh Jahfari · National Institute for Public Health and the Environment

Claudia E. Coipan · Wageningen University & Research

Manoj Fonville · National Institute for Public Health and the Environment

Arieke Docters van Leeuwen · National Institute for Public Health and the Environment

Paul Hengeveld · National Institute for Public Health and the Environment

Dieter Heylen · University of Antwerp

Abstract

Four ecotypes of A. phagocytophilum with differential enzootic cycles were identified. So far, all human cases clustered in only one of these ecotypes. The zoonotic ecotype has the broadest range of wildlife hosts. The expansion of the zoonotic A. phagocytophilum ecotype indicates a recent increase of the acarological risk of exposure of humans and animals.

Topics & Keywords

Vector-borne infectious diseases Viral Infections and Vectors Mosquito-borne diseases and control

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Life in Land

Publication Details

Published in: Parasites & Vectors

Volume 7, Issue 1, pp. 365-365

DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-7-365

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