Serologic and molecular characterization of Anaplasma species infection in farm animals and ticks from Sicily

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 357-362

  De La Fuente, José ^a,b   Torina, Alessandra ^c   Caracappa, Santo ^c   Tumino, Giovanni ^c   Furlá, Roberto ^d   Almazán, Consuelo ^a   Kocan, Katherine M ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^c ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA SICILIA A MIRRI   (Italy)

^d Azienda Sanitaria Regionale   (Italy)

Author keywords

A. marginale; A. ovis; A. phagocytophilum; Anaplasmosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; MAJOR SURFACE PROTEIN 1A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANAPLASMA OVIS; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; COW; DONKEY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; ITALY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; SHEEP; TICK;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SICILY; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; TICKS;

ACARI; ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANAPLASMA OVIS; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; EQUIDAE; EQUUS ASINUS; MELOPHAGUS OVINUS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 26044472097     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2005.05.063     Document Type: Article

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