Anaplasma marginale infection

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 : 50

3.4. Anaplasma marginale infection more likely in male buffalo

Males tended to be more likely to be infected with both A. marginale and A. centrale ( Fig. 3 ), but based on the full concurrent infection model, this was only statistically significant for the A. marginale ( p = < 0.001) ( Table 2; Supplementary Table 3; Fig. 3b ). The intensity of infection with A. centrale was higher in males ( p = 0.004) ( Table 2; Supplementary Table 4; Fig. 3c ).

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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.