Persistence mechanisms in tick-borne diseases : tick-borne diseases

The use of new, highly sensitive diagnostic methods has revealed persistent infections to be a common feature of different tick-borne diseases, such as babesiosis, anaplasmosis and heartwater. Antigenic variation can contribute to disease persistence through the continual elaboration of new surf...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: A.F. Barbet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2009-09-01
Series:Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research
Online Access:https://ojvr.org/index.php/ojvr/article/view/65