About the Authors

Sarah Elhamiani Khatat

elhamianis@yahoo.fr

Affiliations Department of Pathology and Veterinary Public Heath, Institut Agronomique et Vétérinaire Hassan II, Rabat, Morocco, Department of Companion Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

Hamid Sahibi

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Veterinary Public Heath, Institut Agronomique et Vétérinaire Hassan II, Rabat, Morocco

Mony Hing

Affiliation National Reference Laboratory for Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Laboratory of Clinical Biology, Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Brussels, Belgium

Ismail Alaoui Moustain

Affiliation Central Health Services of the Royal Gendarmery, Rabat, Morocco

Hamid El Amri

Affiliation Laboratory of the Royal Gendarmery, Rabat, Morocco

Mohammed Benajiba

Affiliation Regional Transfusion Center, Rabat, Morocco

Malika Kachani

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, California, United States of America

Luc Duchateau

Affiliation Department of Comparative Physiology and Biometrics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

Sylvie Daminet

Affiliation Department of Companion Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SEK SD LD HS. Performed the experiments: SEK MH. Analyzed the data: SEK LD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SEK MH IAM HEA MB. Wrote the paper: SEK SD MK LD MH.