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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Huvudupphovsmän: 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
Materialtyp: Artikel
Språk:English
Publicerad: BMC 2014-09-01
Serie:Parasites & Vectors
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Länkar:https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-7-439