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Phylogeographic analysis reveals association of tick-borne pathogen, Anaplasma marginale, MSP1a sequences with ecological traits affecting tick vector performance.
BMC biology - 1 Sept 2009
Estrada-Peña Agustín, Naranjo Victoria, Acevedo-Whitehouse Karina, Mangold Atilio J, Kocan Katherine M, de la Fuente José
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The tick-borne pathogen Anaplasma marginale, which is endemic worldwide, is the type species of the genus Anaplasma (Rickettsiales: Anaplasmataceae). Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus is the most important tick vector of A. marginale in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Despite extensive characterization of the genetic diversity in A. marginale geographic strains using major surface...
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