Article
Persistence mechanisms in tick-borne diseases.
The Onderstepoort journal of veterinary research - 1 Mar 2009
Barbet A F
Abstract excerpt
The use of new, highly sensitive diagnostic methods has revealed persistent infections to be a common feature of different tick-borne diseases, such as babesiosis, anaplasmosis and heartwater. Antigenic variation can contribute to disease persistence through the continual elaboration of new surface structures, and we know in several instances how this is achieved. Known or suspected mechanisms of persistence in...
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