Tick-borne pathogens : anaplasma spp as an example

Abstract EN

With the aim of study tick-borne pathogens and identify some of these microorganisms in the tissues of ticks that affect cows in Al-Diwaniyah City, Iraq, we focused on detecting Anaplasma spp as one of these pathogens that are transmitted by these vectors.

Here, we collected 150 ticks from 200 affected cows from the mentioned city.

The ticks were first identified for morphological-based naming of the genus that they belonged to by sending samples to the Iraqi Natural History Museum, Baghdad, Iraq.

Then, the extracted DNA from the ticks was subjected to partial DNA-based sequencing of Anaplasma spp.

The results of the morphological study identified the ticks from Hyalomma spp.

the sequencing resulted in detecting and confirming the presence of Anaplasma spp in the tissues of the ticks in which 2 isolates were provided.

The phylogenetic-based investigation provides 2 isolates of Anaplasma spp, SP1 (MH119129.1) and SP2 (MH119130.1).

These isolates were branched up in the phylogenetic tree close to global isolates, KT264188.1, from Thailand.

These results give interesting and important information about the dangerousness of ticks via their transmission of these pathogens to healthy animals such as Anaplasma spp.