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Dynamic transmission of numerous Anaplasma phagocytophilum genotypes among lambs in an infected sheep flock in an area of anaplasmosis endemicity.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 May 2008
Ladbury Georgia A F, Stuen Snorre, Thomas Rachael, Bown Kevin J, Woldehiwet Zerai, Granquist Erik G, Bergström Karin, Birtles Richard J
Abstract excerpt
The transmission dynamics of Anaplasma phagocytophilum strains circulating within juvenile members of a sheep flock grazing on an Ixodes ricinus-infested pasture in southern Norway were monitored. PCR-based detection of the bacterial p44 fragments in the blood of 16 lambs sampled weekly for 16 weeks following their release into pasture revealed rickettsemia in all animals, with an increasing proportion of...
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