Molecular detection of a new Anaplasma species closely related to Anaplasma phagocytophilum in canine blood from South Africa

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2934-2937

  Inokuma, Hisashi ^a,d,e   Oyamada, Maremichi ^a   Kelly, Patrick J ^b   Jacobson, Linda A ^c   Fournier, Pierre Edouard ^d   Itamoto, Kazuhito ^a   Okuda, Masaru ^a   Brouqui, Philippe ^d  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^e OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CITRATE SYNTHASE; RNA 16S;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG; EHRLICHIA CANIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMALS; BLOOD; CITRATE (SI)-SYNTHASE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM;

EID: 20444459871     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.6.2934-2937.2005     Document Type: Article

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