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SUBMITTER: Henningsson AJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4521461 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
BMC microbiology 20150801
<h4>Background</h4>A TaqMan real-time PCR assay targeting the Anaplasma citrate synthase gene, gltA, was developed and used for detection of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in 765 Ixodes ricinus ticks collected from dogs and cats in northern Norway (n = 669) and Telemark county in southern Norway (n = 96).<h4>Results</h4>Among the ticks from northern Norway the prevalence of A. phagocytophilum was 3.0 %, while the prevalence in southern Norway was 2.1 % (p = 0.63). The gltA PCR assay showed a high ana ...[more]