TY - JOUR AU - Michalik, Jerzy AU - Stańczak, Joanna AU - Cieniuch, Stella AU - Racewicz, Maria AU - Sikora, Bożena AU - Dabert, Mirosława T1 - Wild Boars as Hosts of Human-Pathogenic Anaplasma phagocytophilum Variants T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2012 VL - 18 IS - 6 SP - 998 SN - 1080-6059 AB - 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. KW - Anaplasma phagocytophilum KW - human granulocytic anaplasmosis KW - HGA KW - Ixodes ricinus KW - wild boars KW - Sus scrofa KW - bacteria KW - tickborne diseases KW - zoonoses KW - ticks KW - Poland DO - 10.3201/eid1806.110997 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/18/6/11-0997_article ER - End of Reference