Persistence of Anaplasma ovis infection and conservation of the msp-2 and msp-3 multigene families within the genus Anaplasma

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 6035-6039

  Palmer, Guy H ^a   Abbott, Jeffrey R ^a   French, Dorothy M ^a   McElwain, Terry F ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA OVIS; ANAPLASMATACEAE; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ERYTHROCYTE; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GOAT; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ANAPLASMA OVIS;

EID: 0031772436     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.12.6035-6039.1998     Document Type: Article

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