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Detection of Babesia spp., Theileria spp., and Anaplasma ovis in Ornithodoros lahorensis from southern Xinjiang, China

Siang Li
Siang Li
, 
Liu Zhang
Liu Zhang
, 
Peng Zhou
Peng Zhou
, 
Zheng Li
Zheng Li
, 
Haonan Song
Haonan Song
, 
Yaping Song
Yaping Song
, 
Chuan Li
Chuan Li
, 
Wanqi Xiangzheng
Wanqi Xiangzheng
 and 
Junyuan Wu
Junyuan Wu
   | Mar 28, 2023
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Published Online: Mar 28, 2023
Page range: 79 - 85
Received: Sep 20, 2022
Accepted: Mar 06, 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jvetres-2023-0016
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Fig. 1

Sites where ticks were collected in southern Xinjiang, China. The nine surveyed counties are marked with green dots
Sites where ticks were collected in southern Xinjiang, China. The nine surveyed counties are marked with green dots

Fig. 2

Phylogenetic analysis of Theileria annulata, T. ovis and Babesia sp. based on two concatenated fragments of 18S rRNA partial gene sequences detected in Ornithodoros lahorensis from southern Xinjiang, China. The tree was constructed with maximum likelihood phylogenetic analysis with 500 bootstrap replicates using MEGA 10 software. Sequences of the T. annulata, T. ovis and Babesia sp. identified in this study are shown as (■), (▲) and (●), respectively
Phylogenetic analysis of Theileria annulata, T. ovis and Babesia sp. based on two concatenated fragments of 18S rRNA partial gene sequences detected in Ornithodoros lahorensis from southern Xinjiang, China. The tree was constructed with maximum likelihood phylogenetic analysis with 500 bootstrap replicates using MEGA 10 software. Sequences of the T. annulata, T. ovis and Babesia sp. identified in this study are shown as (■), (▲) and (●), respectively

Fig. 3

Phylogenetic tree of Anaplasma ovis based on the 16S rRNA partial gene sequences detected in Ornithodoros lahorensis from southern Xinjiang, China. The tree was constructed with maximum likelihood phylogenetic analysis with 500 bootstrap replicates using MEGA 10 software. Sequences of the A. ovis identified in this study are shown as (■)
Phylogenetic tree of Anaplasma ovis based on the 16S rRNA partial gene sequences detected in Ornithodoros lahorensis from southern Xinjiang, China. The tree was constructed with maximum likelihood phylogenetic analysis with 500 bootstrap replicates using MEGA 10 software. Sequences of the A. ovis identified in this study are shown as (■)

Molecular detection of Babesia spp., Theileria spp., and Anaplasma spp. in Ornithodoros lahorensis at specimen collection sites in nine counties and cities in southern Xinjiang, China

Location Hosts Number of ticks Number of male/female ticks Number of positive/Positive rate (%)
Babesia spp. Theileria spp. Anaplasma spp.
AWaTi Environment 8 7/1 0/0 0/0 0/0
Sheep 35 18/17 0/0 T. ovis 1/2.9 % 95% CI: −2.9–8.7 0/0
ATuShi Cattle 17 5/12 0/0 0/0 0/0
BaChu Sheep 31 11/20 0/0 T. annulate 1/3.2 % 95% CI: −3.4–9.8 0/0
KuChe Sheep 26 14/12 0/0 T. ovis 1/3.8 % 95% CI: −4.1–11.8 0/0
MoYu Sheep 22 14/8 0/0 T. ovis 1/4.5 % 95% CI: −4.9–14.0 0/0
WuShi Sheep 43 18/25 0/0 T. annulate 1/2.3 % 95% CI: −2.4–7.0 0/0
XinHe Dog 23 7/16 0/0 0/0 0/0
YeCheng Cattle 16 5/11 0/0 0/0 0/0
ZePu Environment 18 11/7 0/0 0/0 0/0
Sheep 91 36/55 Babesia sp. 3/3.3% 95% CI: −0.4–7.0 T. ovis 2/2.2% 95% CI: −0.9–5.3 A. ovis 5/5.5% 95% CI: 0.7–10.3
Total 330 146/184 3/0.9% 95% CI: −0.1–1.9 7/2.1% 95% CI: 0.6–3.7 5/1.5% 95% CI: 0.2–2.8
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