Differences in clinical manifestations and hematological and serological responses after experimental infection with genetic variants of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in sheep

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 692-695

  Stuen, Snorre ^a   Bergström, Karin ^b   Petrovec, Miroslav ^c   De Pol, Ingrid Van ^d   Schouls, Leo M ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c Institute of Microbiology and Immunology   (Slovenia)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; NUCLEOTIDE; RNA 16S;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP DISEASE; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; CROSS REACTIONS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EHRLICHIOSIS; GROEL PROTEIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHILS; OPERON; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0037767813     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.10.4.692-695.2003     Document Type: Article

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