Epidemiology and evolution of the genetic variability of Anaplasma marginale in South Africa

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 624-631

  Mutshembele, Awelani M ^a,b   Cabezas Cruz, Alejandro ^c,d   Mtshali, Moses S ^a,b   Thekisoe, Oriel M M ^b   Galindo, Ruth C ^c   de la Fuente, José ^c,e  

^a National Zoological Gardens of South Africa   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^d UNIV LILLE   (France)

^e OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

A. marginale; MSP1a; MSP1a vaccines; Prevalence; Selective pressures

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; MAJOR SURFACE PROTEIN 1A; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANAPLASMOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLOOD SAMPLING; CATTLE; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MSP1A GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; TANDEM REPEAT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BOVINE; CATTLE DISEASES; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TICK; TICK-BORNE DISEASES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TICKS;

EID: 84907684757     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2014.04.011     Document Type: Article

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