Epidemiological Survey of Ehrlichia canis and Related Species Infection in Dogs in Eastern Sudan

• Published in: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences Vol. 1078; no. 1; pp. 461 - 463
• Main Authors: INOKUMA, HISASHI, OYAMADA, MAREMICHI, DAVOUST, BERNARD, BONI, MICKAËL, DEREURE, JACQUES, BUCHETON, BRUNO, HAMMAD, AWAD, WATANABE, MALAIKA, ITAMOTO, KAZUHITO, OKUDA, MASARU, BROUQUI, PHILIPPE
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malden, USA Blackwell Publishing Inc 01.10.2006
• Subjects: "Candidatus Mycoplasma haemoparvum"; Anaplasma; Anaplasma platys; Animals; Dog Diseases - epidemiology; Dog Diseases - microbiology; Dogs; Ehrlichia canis; Ehrlichia canis - genetics; Ehrlichia canis - isolation & purification; Ehrlichiosis - epidemiology; Ehrlichiosis - veterinary; epidemiology; molecular survey; Mycoplasma; Mycoplasma haemocanis; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Sudan - epidemiology; Sudan
• ISSN: 0077-8923; 1749-6632
• DOI: 10.1196/annals.1374.085

:  The infection rates of Ehrlichia canis and related species in dogs in eastern Sudan were examined using molecular methods. Among 78 dogs examined, 63 (80.8%), 19 (24.4%), and 26 (33.3%) were positive for E. canis, Anaplasma platys, Mycoplasma haemocanis, and “Candidatus Mycoplasma haemoparvum,” respectively. Among these, 30 dogs were single‐positive: 25 for E. canis, 2 for A. platys, 1 for M. hemocanis, and 2 for “C. M. haemoparvum.” The rest of the dogs (48.7%) were positive for two or more pathogens.