Delineating Anaplasma phagocytophilum ecotypes in coexisting, discrete enzootic cycles

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1948-1954

  Bown, Kevin J ^a   Lambin, Xavier ^b   Ogden, Nicholas H ^c   Begon, Michael ^a   Telford, Gill ^b   Woldehiwet, Zerai ^a   Birtles, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEER; ECOTYPE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN GRANULOCYTIC ANAPLASMOSIS; IXODES; IXODES RICINUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RAT; RODENT; TICK; VOLE; ZOONOSIS;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; IXODES; MALE; PHYLOGENY; ZOONOSES;

EID: 73949091990     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1512.090178     Document Type: Article

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