Genomic analyses indicate the North American Ap-ha variant of the tick-vectored bacterium Anaplasma phagocytophilum was introduced from Europe

Genomic analyses indicate the North American Ap-ha variant of the tick-vectored bacterium Anaplasma phagocytophilum was introduced from Europe

Abstract Background Anaplasma phagocytophilum is a tick-vectored, obligately intracellular bacterium that infects a diversity of vertebrate hosts. In North America, the Ap-ha variant of A. phagocytophilum can cause dangerous infections in humans, whereas symptomatic human infections in Europe are ra...

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Main Author: Matthew L. Aardema
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-08-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
Subjects:
Ixodes
Genetic bottleneck
Founder event
Anaplasmataceae
Phylogeography
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-023-05914-x

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-023-05914-x

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