Strains of Anaplasma phagocytophilum from horses in Ohio are related to isolates from humans in the northeastern USA

Strains of Anaplasma phagocytophilum from horses in Ohio are related to isolates from humans in the northeastern USA

ABSTRACT The tick-borne obligatory intracellular bacterium Anaplasma phagocytophilum infects granulocytes of humans as well as domesticated and wild animals, causing a febrile disease collectively called granulocytic anaplasmosis. The host species specificity and zoonotic potential of A. phagocytoph...

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Main Authors: Rory C. Chien, Lin Mingqun, Qi Yan, Nina Randolph, Weiyan Huang, Maxey Wellman, Ramiro Toribio, Yasuko Rikihisa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2023-12-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
Subjects:
Anaplasma phagocytophilum
horses
ankA
p44
equine granulocytic anaplasmosis
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.02632-23

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https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.02632-23

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