First detection of Anaplasma phagocytophilum-like DNA in the French izard Rupricapra pyrenaica.

Various mammal species host Anaplasma phagocytophilum (formerly Ehrlichia phagocytophila). This intracellular bacterium is responsible for tick-borne fever, also named granulocytic anaplasmosis, in domestic ruminants. Moreover, A. phagocytophilum is the agent of granulocytic anaplasmosis in humans. The hard tick Ixodes ricinus is known as the main vector of A. phagocytophilum throughout Europe.