Isolation and propagation of the Ap-variant 1 strain of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in a tick cell line

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2138-2143

  Massung, Robert F ^a,e   Levin, Michael L ^a   Munderloh, Ulrike G ^b   Silverman, David J ^c   Lynch, Meghan J ^b   Gaywee, Jariyanart K ^d   Kurtti, Timothy J ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL CELL; ANK GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL CULTURE; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GOAT; IXODES SCAPULARIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; UNITED STATES;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; MICE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; TICKS;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA; MUS; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 34547630668     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00478-07     Document Type: Article

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