Emergence of Anaplasma marginale antigenic variants during persistent rickettsemia

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 5834-5840

  French, Dorothy M ^a   Brown, Wendy C ^a   Palmer, Guy H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAPLASMATACEAE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CATTLE DISEASE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0032735460     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.11.5834-5840.1999     Document Type: Article

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