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Guideline for veterinary practitioners on canine ehrlichiosis and anaplasmosis in Europe

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Sainz, Ángel, Roura, Xavier, Miró, Guadalupe, Estrada-Peña, Agustín, Kohn, Barbara, Harrus, Shimon, Solano-Gallego, Laia·2015·Parasites & Vectors

Abstract

Canine ehrlichiosis and anaplasmosis are important tick-borne diseases with a worldwide distribution. Information has been continuously collected on these infections in Europe, and publications have increased in recent years. Prevalence rates are high for Ehrlichia and Anaplasma spp. infections in dogs from different European countries. The goal of this article was to provide a practical guideline for veterinary practitioners on the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of ehrlichiosis and anaplasmosis in dogs from Europe. This guideline is intended to answer the most common questions on these diseases from a practical point of view.

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  • Seroprevalence studies in European dogs indicated that 3 to 57% of dogs carried A. phagocytophilum.

    “Seroprevalence studies in European dogs indicated that 3 to 57% of dogs carried A. phagocytophilum [33], while in Latvia, A. phagocytophilum seroprevalence in dogs was significantly higher in the I. ricinus region than in the I. persulcatus region (12.5% vs 2%) [34].”

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    Table 2 in the Review lists A. phagocytophilum results for European dogs ranging from 2.7% in France to 56.5% in Austria, which round to 3–57%. Those figures come from serological tests, however, so they indicate antibody positivity rather than establishing that the dogs carried the organism at the time of testing. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • Presence of antibodies does not always indicate disease.

    “the presence of antibodies does not always indicate disease, which, in some cases, may be confirmed by molecular techniques (3, 12).”
  • Detection of antibodies in Leishmania, Ehrlichia and Anaplasma indicates exposure to disease-causing organisms.

    “the detection of antibodies that occur in the case of Leishmania, Ehrlichia and Anaplasma indicates exposure to disease-causing organisms”

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Authors
Sainz, Á., Roura, X., Miró, G., Estrada-Peña, A., Kohn, B., Harrus, S., & Solano-Gallego, L.
Affiliations
  • Universidad Complutense de Madrid (ES)
  • Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ES)
  • Freie Universität Berlin (DE)
  • Hebrew University of Jerusalem (IL)
Corresponding author
Sainz, Ángel
Venue
Parasites & Vectors
Published
2015
Volume
8
Issue
1
Pages
75
ISSN
1756-3305 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2144268650
Cited by
369
References
199
Citations by year
2026: 25 · 2025: 33 · 2024: 56 · 2023: 35 · 2022: 47 · 2021: 52 · 2020: 37 · 2019: 21 · 2018: 21 · 2017: 21 · 2016: 16 · 2015: 4
FWCI
16.48
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Parasites & Vectors (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
  • Zaguan (University of Zaragoza Repository) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Parasitology › Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Microbiology › Microbial infections and disease research
  • Health Sciences › Veterinary › Small Animals › Brucella: diagnosis, epidemiology, treatment
Keywords
canine ehrlichiosis, canine anaplasmosis, Ehrlichia canis, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, tick-borne diseases, dogs, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, prevalence, Europe
MeSH terms
Anaplasma, Anaplasmosis, Animals, Dog Diseases, Dogs, Ehrlichia, Europe, Ehrlichiosis, Practice Guidelines as Topic

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