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The map1 gene of Cowdria ruminantium is a member of a multigene family containing both conserved and variable genes.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 13 Apr 1999
Sulsona C R, Mahan S M, Barbet A F
Abstract excerpt
Heartwater is an economically important disease of ruminants caused by the tick-transmitted rickettsia Cowdria ruminantium. The disease is present in Africa and the Caribbean and there is a risk of spread to the Americas, particularly because of a clinically asymptomatic carrier state in infected livestock and imported wild animals. The causative agent is closely related taxonomically to the human and animal...
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