Published in:
Microbiology and Immunology, 45 (2001) 1, Seite 89-91
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1111/j.1348-0421.2001.tb01263.x
ISSN:
0385-5600;
1348-0421
Origination:
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Description:
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>We investigated <jats:italic>Ehrlichia. platys</jats:italic> infection of dogs and ticks in Okinawa, Japan. Using <jats:italic>E. platys</jats:italic> specific primers, E. platys and HE3‐R, PCR‐positive results were obtained with 32.0% (64/200) of blood samples of dogs and 3.8% (3/77) of ticks. The nucleotide sequences of the amplified DNA fragment from the dogs and the ticks infesting them were identical, and the sequence corresponded to that of the <jats:italic>E. platys</jats:italic> Gzh981 strain. We concluded that there is a cyclic maintenance of <jats:italic>E. platys</jats:italic> between dogs and ticks in Okinawa.</jats:p>