| anaplasma phagocytophilum infection in moose (alces alces) in norway. | anaplasma phagocytophilum is a tick-borne bacterium that infects a wide range of animal species. the aim of our study was to investigate the prevalence of a. phagocytophilum in norwegian moose alces alces and to characterize the bacteria by sequencing of partial msp4 and 16s rrna genes. hunters collected spleen samples from 99 moose of different ages during 2013 and 2014 in two areas: aust-agder county (n = 70) where ixodes ricinus ticks are abundant and oppland county (n = 29) where ticks were ... | 2016 | 26428857 |