Mokhtar A S, Lim S F, Tay S T
Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Trop Biomed. 2013 Jun;30(2):345-8.
This study reports for the first time molecular detection of Anaplasma platys infection in 4 (13.3%) of 30 Malaysian dogs investigated. A low occurrence (3.3%) of Babesia gibsoni was also noted, being detected in one of the 30 dogs. Rickettsia, Bartonella, Orientia tsutsugamushi, and Ehrlichia DNA were not detected in the dog blood samples. The role of A. platys as an agent of canine anaplasmosis and its transmission through Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks merits further investigation.
本研究首次报告了在接受调查的30只马来西亚犬中,有4只(13.3%)检测到了血小板无形体感染。还发现吉氏巴贝斯虫的感染率较低(3.3%),在30只犬中有1只检测到该病原体。在犬血样中未检测到立克次体、巴尔通体、恙虫病东方体和埃立克体的DNA。血小板无形体作为犬无形体病病原体的作用及其通过血红扇头蜱传播的情况值得进一步研究。