Novel Ehrlichia canis genogroup in dogs with canine ehrlichiosis in Cuba

Abstract Background Canine monocytic ehrlichiosis (CME) is caused by the tick-borne pathogen Ehrlichia canis, an obligate intracellular Gram-negative bacterium of the family Anaplasmataceae with tropism for canine monocytes and macrophages. The trp36 gene, which encodes for the major immunoreactive...

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Published in:	Parasites & Vectors
Main Authors:	Maylin González Navarrete, Adnan Hodžić, Belkis Corona-González, Matheus Dias Cordeiro, Claudia Bezerra da Silva, Liani Coronado Báez, Dasiel Obregón, Daniel Moura de Aguiar, Amanda Noeli da Silva Campos, Ísis Indaiara Gonçalves Granjeiro Taques, Alejandra Wu-Chuang, Eugenio Roque López, Elianne Piloto-Sardiñas, Lianet Abuin-Denis, Adivaldo Henrique da Fonseca, Alejandro Cabezas-Cruz
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2022-08-01
Subjects:	Ticks Ehrlichia canis Canine monocytic ehrlichiosis Dogs trp36 Rhipicephalus sanguineus
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-022-05426-0