Anaplasma marginale

Sisson, Danielle, Beechler, Brianna, Jabbar, Abdul, Jolles, Anna & Hufschmid, Jasmin, 2023, Epidemiology of Anaplasma marginale and Anaplasma centrale infections in African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) from Kruger National Park, South Africa, International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 21, pp. 47-54 : 49-50

3.1. High incidence of co-infections with A. marginale and A. centrale

Anaplasma marginale and A. centrale were positively correlated for co-infection, i.e. infection with A. marginale meant a concurrent infection with A. centrale was more likely, and vice versa (p <0.001 for both) ( Table 2; Supplementary Table 3). However, the intensity of infection with one species did not affect probability of infection with the other (p = 0.509 and p = 0.906 for A. marginale and A. centrale as dependent variables, respectively) ( Table 2; Supplementary Table 4).

Moreover, infection with one Anaplasma species also meant they were more likely to test positive to that species in the subsequent capture event, as demonstrated by our time-lagged models ( Table 3;

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Supplementary Tables 5 and 6). However, infection with one species did not appear to affect the probability of infection with the other species in the subsequent capture event.