Antigenic variation in the persistence and transmission of the ehrlichia Anaplasma marginale

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 167-176

  Palmer, Guy H ^a   Brown, Wendy C ^a   Rurangirwa, Fred R ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antigenic variation; Ehrlichia; Persistent infection

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ANAPLASMA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EHRLICHIOSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; TICK;

ACARI; ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANAPLASMATACEAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; EHRLICHIA; MAMMALIA; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0034093410     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1286-4579(00)00271-9     Document Type: Review

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