Novel genetic variants of Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Anaplasma bovis, Anaplasma centrale, and a novel Ehrlichia sp. in wild deer and ticks on two major islands in Japan

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 1102-1109

  Kawahara, Makoto ^a   Rikihisa, Yasuko ^b   Lin, Quan ^b   Isogai, Emiko ^c   Tahara, Kenji ^d   Itagaki, Asao ^d   Hiramitsu, Yoshimichi ^a   Tajima, Tomoko ^e  

^a NAGOYA CITY PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF HOKKAIDO   (Japan)

^d Matsue Shimane 690 0122 Japan   (Japan)

^e Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BLOOD; DNA; GENES; MICROBIOLOGY; PROTEINS;

ANAPLASMOSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENZOOTIC CYCLES; GENETIC VARIANTS;

BIODIVERSITY;

CHAPERONIN; DNA; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN P44; RNA 16S;

DEER; GENETIC VARIATION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; POPULATION GENETICS;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA BOVIS; ANAPLASMA CENTRALE; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEER; DNA SEQUENCE; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; EUROPE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GROESL GENE; HEMAPHYSALIS LONGICORNIS; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); JAPAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; P44 GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; TICK; UNITED STATES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA CENTRALE; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DEER; DNA, BACTERIAL; EHRLICHIA; GENES, BACTERIAL; IXODES; JAPAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN;

ACARI; ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA BOVIS; ANAPLASMA CENTRALE; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CERVIDAE; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA SP.;

EID: 33244494223     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.72.2.1102-1109.2006     Document Type: Article

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