Fatal cases of tick-borne fever (TBF) in sheep caused by several 16S rRNA gene variants of Anaplasma phagocytophilum

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 990, Issue , 2003, Pages 433-434

  Stuen, S ^a   Nevland, S ^a   Moum, T ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Norway; Sheep; Tick borne fever

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA ISOLATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHEEP; TICK BORNE DISEASE; TICK BORNE FEVER;

ACARI; ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; MELOPHAGUS OVINUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0038051570     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2003.tb07407.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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