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Efficient use of a small genome to generate antigenic diversity in tick-borne ehrlichial pathogens.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 27 Mar 2001
Brayton K A, Knowles D P, McGuire T C, Palmer G H
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Ehrlichiae are responsible for important tick-transmitted diseases, including anaplasmosis, the most prevalent tick-borne infection of livestock worldwide, and the emerging human diseases monocytic and granulocytic ehrlichiosis. Antigenic variation of major surface proteins is a key feature of th...
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