TY - JOUR AU - Keesing, Felicia AU - Hersh, Michelle AU - Tibbetts, Michael AU - McHenry, Diana AU - Duerr, Shannon AU - Brunner, Jesse AU - Killilea, Mary AU - LoGiudice, Kathleen AU - Schmidt, Kenneth AU - Ostfeld, Richard T1 - Reservoir Competence of Vertebrate Hosts for Anaplasma phagocytophilum T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2012 VL - 18 IS - 12 SP - 2013 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Fourteen vertebrate species (10 mammals and 4 birds) were assessed for their ability to transmit Anaplasma phagocytophilum, the bacterium that causes human granulocytic anaplasmosis, to uninfected feeding ixodid ticks. Small mammals were most likely to infect ticks but all species assessed were capable of transmitting the bacterium, in contrast to previous findings. KW - Anaplasma phagocytophilum KW - bacteria KW - reservoir competence KW - vertebrate hosts KW - infectivity KW - prevalence KW - tick-borne diseases KW - ticks KW - zoonoses KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid1812.120919 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/18/12/12-0919_article ER - End of Reference