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BRIEF RESEARCH REPORT article
Front. Vet. Sci.
Sec. Parasitology
Volume 12 - 2025 |
doi: 10.3389/fvets.2025.1533589
Molecular Detection of Piroplasms, Anaplasma, and Ehrlichia Species in Kazakhstan
Provisionally accepted
Weixin Zeng 1
Zhumanov Kairat 1* Madina Awulibieer 1* Sansyzbay Abylay 2* Khizat Serik 2* Meihua Yang 3*
Yuanzhi Wang 4* Wurelihazi Hazihan 1*- 1 College of Animal Science and Technology, Shihezi University, Shihezi, China
- 2 Kazakh National Agrarian Research University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
- 3 Department of Forest, College of Agriculture, Shihezi University, shihezi, China
- 4 NHC Key Laboratory of Prevention and Treatment of Central Asia High Incidence Diseases, School of Medicine, Shihezi University, shihezi, China
Tick-borne pathogens (TBPs) are a global public health issue. However, there have been few reports on the prevalence of piroplasms, Anaplasma, and Ehrlichia in Kazakhstan. To understand the distribution of piroplasms, Anaplasma, and Ehrlichia pathogens carried by ticks in Kazakhstan, a total of 10,461 ticks were collected from natural hosts (e.g., cattle, sheep, and horses) in six oblasts in eastern, southern, and western Kazakhstan between 2022 and 2024. After morphological identification, 272 representative ticks were further used for species-level detection and partial genotyping analysis of TBPs. Two Babesia species (Babesia occultans and Babesia caballi), four Theileria species (Theileria orientalis, Theileria equi, Theileria annulata, and Theileria ovis), two Anaplasma species (Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Anaplasma ovis), and three Ehrlichia species were detected. Furthermore, genotype B of B. caballi, genotype 1 (Chitose) of T. orientalis, and genotype A of T. equi were confirmed. For the first time, A. phagocytophilum, three phylogenyindependent Ehrlichia spp., genotype B of B. caballi, and genotype A of T. equi were found in Kazakhstan. These findings expand our understanding of the geographical distribution of piroplasms,
Keywords: Ticks, tick-borne Pathogens, morphological identification, Genotype, Kazakhstan piroplasm, Anaplasma, biological
Received: 24 Nov 2024; Accepted: 22 Jan 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Zeng, Kairat, Awulibieer, Abylay, Serik, Yang, Wang and Hazihan. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence:
Zhumanov Kairat, College of Animal Science and Technology, Shihezi University, Shihezi, China
Madina Awulibieer, College of Animal Science and Technology, Shihezi University, Shihezi, China
Sansyzbay Abylay, Kazakh National Agrarian Research University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Khizat Serik, Kazakh National Agrarian Research University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Meihua Yang, Department of Forest, College of Agriculture, Shihezi University, shihezi, China
Yuanzhi Wang, NHC Key Laboratory of Prevention and Treatment of Central Asia High Incidence Diseases, School of Medicine, Shihezi University, shihezi, China
Wurelihazi Hazihan, College of Animal Science and Technology, Shihezi University, Shihezi, China
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