Adaptations of the tick-borne pathogen, Anaplasma marginale, for survival in cattle and ticks

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 28, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 9-25

  Kocan, Katherine M ^a   De La Fuente, Jose ^a   Blouin, Edmour F ^a   Garcia Garcia, Jose Carlos ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaplasma marginale; Dermacentor; Major surface proteins; Tick cell culture; Ticks

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; CATTLE; INFECTIVITY; PATHOGEN; TICK;

ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; TICK;

ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; PHYLOGENY; TICKS;

ACARI; ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANAPLASMATACEAE; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; DERMACENTOR; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0141572534     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025329728269     Document Type: Conference Paper

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