Expansion of variant diversity associated with a high prevalence of pathogen strain superinfection under conditions of natural transmission

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2354-2360

  Ueti, Massaro W ^a   Tan, Yunbing ^b   Broschat, Shira L ^b,c   Ortiz, Elizabeth J Castañeda ^d   Camacho Nuez, Minerva ^d   Mosqueda, Juan J ^e   Scoles, Glen A ^a   Grimes, Matthew ^c   Brayton, Kelly A ^c   Palmerc, Guy H ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Washington State University   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE LA CIUDAD DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE QUERÉTARO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SUPERINFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INFECTION RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUPERINFECTION;

EID: 84864822208     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00341-12     Document Type: Article

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