First molecular evidence of bovine hemoplasma species (Mycoplasma spp.) in water buffalo and dairy cattle herds in Cuba

• Published in: Parasites & vectors Vol. 12; no. 1; p. 78
• Main Authors: Díaz-Sánchez, Adrian Alberto, Corona-González, Belkis, Meli, Marina L., Álvarez, Dasiel Obregón, Cañizares, Ernesto Vega, Rodríguez, Osvaldo Fonseca, Rivero, Evelyn Lobo, Hofmann-Lehmann, Regina
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 07.02.2019; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: "Candidatus Mycoplasma haemobos"; 16S rRNA; Anaemia; Anemia; Animal lactation; Animals; Arachnids; Bacteria; blood; Bovidae; buffaloes; Caribbean; Cattle; Chronic infection; Cuba; Dairy cattle; Disease transmission; DNA; Genes; Genetic research; Health aspects; Hematology; Hemotropic mycoplasma; Infection; Infections; Infectious anemia; Investigations; Livestock; Livestock production; Methods; Microscopy; Mollicutes; Mycoplasma; Mycoplasma wenyonii; Nucleotide sequence; PCR; Phylogenetics; Polymerase chain reaction; quantitative polymerase chain reaction; Real time; Real-time PCR; RNA; rRNA 16S; sequence analysis; Sequencing; Species; Statistical analysis; Statistical methods; Brazil; Cuba; Pakistan; Caribbean; Candidatus Mycoplasma haemobos; 16S rRNA; Real-time PCR; Mycoplasma wenyonii; Hemotropic mycoplasma

Hemotropic mycoplasmas (aka hemoplasmas) are small bacteria which cause infectious anemia in several mammalian species including humans. Information on hemoplasma infections in Cuban bovines remains scarce and no studies applying molecular methods have been performed so far. The aim of the present s...