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J Vet Clin 2014; 31(3): 206-211
https://doi.org/10.17555/ksvc.2014.06.31.3.206
Published online June 1, 2014
Mi-Rae Oh1,2,*, Kyoung-Ha Moon1,2,*, So-Yeon Kim1,*, Yun-Gi Kim1,*, Chang-Yong Choi3,*, Chang-Wan Kang4,*, Hwa-Jung Kim5,*, Kyoung-Kap Lee1,*, Young-Min Yun1,*
Copyright © The Korean Society of Veterinary Clinics.
Anaplasmosis is a rickettsial zoonosis mediated by blood-sucking arthropods, such as ticks, flies, and mosquitos. Migratory birds are common hosts of ticks that are mediators of anaplasmosis, in particular, the tick infection rate in thrushes (family Turdidae) has been known to be high. The main purpose of this study is to survey the occurrence and prevalence of Anaplasma spp. from the migratory thrushes in Jeju island. We collected blood samples from 6 thrushes rescued at the Jeju Wildlife Rescue Center and from 34 wild-caught thrushes on Mara island which is a satellite island of Jeju. As a result, the nested PCR confirmed that seven out of 40 individuals (17.5%) were infected by Anaplasma spp. and all of them were identified as A. phagocytophilum based on sequences obtained from partial 16S rRNA. All the infected birds were on their northward migration in spring, our results suggest that the Turdidae family, which is a common and abundant migrant group passing through Jeju island, may act a role as active reservoir and disperser of A. phagocytophilum causing potential influx of the zoonotic pathogens from its wintering grounds in lower latitude to the mainland Korea as well as Jeju.
Keywords: Turdidae, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, migratory birds, Jeju island, Mara island.
J Vet Clin 2014; 31(3): 206-211
Published online June 1, 2014 https://doi.org/10.17555/ksvc.2014.06.31.3.206
Copyright © The Korean Society of Veterinary Clinics.
Mi-Rae Oh1,2,*, Kyoung-Ha Moon1,2,*, So-Yeon Kim1,*, Yun-Gi Kim1,*, Chang-Yong Choi3,*, Chang-Wan Kang4,*, Hwa-Jung Kim5,*, Kyoung-Kap Lee1,*, Young-Min Yun1,*
*College of Veterinary Medicine, Jeju National University, Jeju 690-756, Korea
**Jeju Wildlife Rescue Center, 6-27, Ara1-dong, Jeju 690-121, Korea
***Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-921, Korea
****Jeju Wildlife Research Center, 52-3, Jisemotro, Seogwipo, Korea
*****National Institute of Biological Resources, Incheon 404-170, Korea
Anaplasmosis is a rickettsial zoonosis mediated by blood-sucking arthropods, such as ticks, flies, and mosquitos. Migratory birds are common hosts of ticks that are mediators of anaplasmosis, in particular, the tick infection rate in thrushes (family Turdidae) has been known to be high. The main purpose of this study is to survey the occurrence and prevalence of Anaplasma spp. from the migratory thrushes in Jeju island. We collected blood samples from 6 thrushes rescued at the Jeju Wildlife Rescue Center and from 34 wild-caught thrushes on Mara island which is a satellite island of Jeju. As a result, the nested PCR confirmed that seven out of 40 individuals (17.5%) were infected by Anaplasma spp. and all of them were identified as A. phagocytophilum based on sequences obtained from partial 16S rRNA. All the infected birds were on their northward migration in spring, our results suggest that the Turdidae family, which is a common and abundant migrant group passing through Jeju island, may act a role as active reservoir and disperser of A. phagocytophilum causing potential influx of the zoonotic pathogens from its wintering grounds in lower latitude to the mainland Korea as well as Jeju.
Keywords: Turdidae, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, migratory birds, Jeju island, Mara island.
