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A newly discovered Anaplasma phagocytophilum variant in rodents from southeastern China.
Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Jun 2008
Zhan Lin, CAO Wu-Chun, de Vlas Sake, Xie Shu-Yun, Zhang PaN-He, WU Xiao-Ming, Dumler J Stephen, Yang Hong, Richardus Jan H, Habbema J Dik F
Abstract excerpt
Anaplasma phagocytophilum was detected by polymerase chain reaction in 13 (14.1%) of 92 rodents captured from a mountainous area of Zhejiang Province in southeastern China. The nucleotide sequences of 1442-bp, nearly entire 16S rRNA gene amplified from these rodents, had 100% identity, but varied from all known corresponding sequences of A. phagocytophilum deposited in GenBank. To further identify and classify...
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