A new multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis reveals different clusters for Anaplasma phagocytophilum circulating in domestic and wild ruminants

A new multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis reveals different clusters for Anaplasma phagocytophilum circulating in domestic and wild ruminants

Abstract Background Anaplasma phagocytophilum is a tick-borne intragranulocytic alpha-proteobacterium. It is the causative agent of tick-borne fever in ruminants, and of human granulocytic anaplasmosis in humans, two diseases which are becoming increasingly recognized in Europe and the USA. However,...

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Main Authors: Thibaud Dugat, Amélie Chastagner, Anne-Claire Lagrée, Elisabeth Petit, Benoît Durand, Simon Thierry, Fabien Corbière, Hélène Verheyden, Luc Chabanne, Xavier Bailly, Agnès Leblond, Gwenaël Vourc’h, Henri-Jean Boulouis, Renaud Maillard, Nadia Haddad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2014-09-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
Subjects:
Anaplasma phagocytophilum
MLVA
VNTR
Epidemiology
Reservoir
Wild ruminants
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-7-439

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https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-7-439

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