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. 2023 Apr 14:21:47-54.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2023.04.005. eCollection 2023 Aug.

Epidemiology of Anaplasma marginale and Anaplasma centrale infections in African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) from Kruger National Park, South Africa

Danielle Sisson  1 , Brianna Beechler  2 , Abdul Jabbar  1 , Anna Jolles  2   3 , Jasmin Hufschmid  1
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Epidemiology of Anaplasma marginale and Anaplasma centrale infections in African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) from Kruger National Park, South Africa

Danielle Sisson et al. Int J Parasitol Parasites Wildl. .

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Fig. 1
The proportion of animals infected with Anaplasma spp. from a managed African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) herd from Kruger National Park, South Africa. a) The mean prevalence of animals with A. marginale single infection, A. centrale single infection, or co-infections with each other over four age groups: calves (0–1 years old), sub-adults (1–5.5 years old), adults (5.5–15 years) and geriatrics (15 years plus); b) the mean prevalence of new infections with A. marginale or A. centrale for each capture event over the two-and-a-half-year study period. Numbers at the top of figure represent sample size.
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Individual value plots showing the distribution of results for intensity of infection (log-transformed number of copies/reaction) with Anaplasma marginale (a) and Anaplasma centrale (b), using a real-time qPCR from a managed African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) herd from Kruger National Park, South Africa. Error bars represent one standard error, numbers at the top of figure represent sample size.
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Fig. 3
Patterns of infection with Anaplasma spp. based on age and sex for a managed African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) herd from Kruger National Park, South Africa. a) The infection intensity (log-transformed number of copies/reaction) of A. marginale and A. centrale based on age (years); b) overall proportion of animals infected with A. marginale or A. centrale based on sex; c) infection intensity (log-transformed number of copies/reaction) results for A. marginale or A. centrale based on sex. * indicates statistical significance (p < 0.05). Error bars are standard error.
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