Extensive genetic recombination occurs in the field between different genotypes of Ehrlichia ruminantium

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 124, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 58-65

  Allsopp, M T E P ^a   Allsopp, B A ^b  

^a ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bacterial recombination; Core genes; Ehrlichia ruminantium; Ehrlichiosis; Heartwater; Phylogenetics

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOTYPE; HEARTWATER DISEASE; LIVESTOCK; MADAGASCAR; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; TICK BORNE DISEASE; VIRUS ISOLATION;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; BASE SEQUENCE; CARIBBEAN REGION; DNA, BACTERIAL; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HEARTWATER DISEASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; IXODIDA;

EID: 34547684501     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2007.03.012     Document Type: Article

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