Genetic diversity of Anaplasma marginale strains from cattle farms in the province of Palermo, Sicily

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series B: Infectious Diseases and Veterinary Public Health

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 226-229

  De La Fuente, J ^a,b   Torina, A ^a,c   Naranjo, V ^a,b   Caracappa, S ^a,c   Vicente, J ^a,b   Mangold, A J ^a,d   Vicari, D ^a,c   Alongi, A ^a,c   Scimeca, S ^a,c   Kocan, K 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 INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; BOOPHILUS; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; RHIPICEPHALUS ANNULATUS; RICKETTSIA;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; PRIMER DNA;

ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; TICK;

ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CATTLE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SICILY; TICKS;

EID: 26944460869     PISSN: 09311793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0450.2005.00851.x     Document Type: Article

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