Unidirectional suppression of Anaplasma phagocytophilum genotypes in infected lambs

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1448-1450

  Stuen, Snorre ^a   Dahl, Hilde ^a   Bergström, Karin ^b   Moum, Truls ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; LAMB; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIOSIS;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; EHRLICHIOSIS; GENES, RRNA; GENOTYPE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC;

EID: 29144522276     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.12.12.1448-1450.2005     Document Type: Article

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