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Reptile Infection with Anaplasma phagocytophilum, the Causative Agent of Granulocytic Anaplasmosis
1 Oct 2009
Abstract excerpt
Granulocytic anaplasmosis (GA) is a potentially fatal tick-borne rickettsial disease that occurs sporadically in the far western United States. We evaluated the prevalence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in multiple species of lizards and snakes from enzootic sites in northern California, described the infestation prevalence of its tick vector Ixodes pacificus on reptiles, and conducted an experimental challenge of...
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