Development of a new PCR-based assay to detect Anaplasmataceae and the first report of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Anaplasma platys in cattle from Algeria.
Bovine anaplasmosis is a hemoparasitic disease considered as a major constraint to cattle production in many countries. This pathology is at least partially caused by Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Anaplasma marginale, Anaplasma centrale, and Anaplasma bovis. The global threat and emergence of these species in animals require the reliable identification of these bacteria in animal samples. In this study, we developed a new qPCR tool targeting the 23S rRNA gene for the detection of Anaplasmataceae bacteria. The primers and probe for the qPCR reaction had 100% specificity and could identify at least A. phagocytophilum, A. marginale, A. centrale, Anaplasma ovis, Anaplasma platys, Ehrlichia canis, Ehrlichia ruminantium, Neorickettisa sennetsu, and Neorickettsia risticii. We used this tool to test samples of bovines from Batna (Algeria), an area from which bovine anaplasmosis have never been reported. We identified three genetic variants of A. phagocytophilum, A. platys and Anaplasma sp. "variant 4". This finding should attract the attention of public authorities to assess the involvement of these pathogens in human and animal health.
['Dahmani|Mustapha|M|', 'Davoust|Bernard|B|', 'Benterki|Mohamed Seghir|MS|', 'Fenollar|Florence|F|', 'Raoult|Didier|D|', 'Mediannikov|Oleg|O|']
D000462:Algeria D000709:Anaplasma D041081:Anaplasma phagocytophilum D000710:Anaplasmataceae D000712:Anaplasmosis D000818:Animals D002417:Cattle D002418:Cattle Diseases D004269:DNA, Bacterial D010802:Phylogeny D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
Anaplasmataceae Anaplasma phagocytophilum Anaplasma platys Cattle Algeria 23S rRNA gene PCR assay