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Low genetic diversity associated with low prevalence of Anaplasma marginale in water buffaloes in Marajó Island, Brazil.
Ticks and tick-borne diseases - 1 Oct 2014
Silva Jenevaldo B, Fonseca Adivaldo H, Barbosa José D, Cabezas-Cruz Alejandro, de la Fuente José
Abstract excerpt
The rickettsia Anaplasma marginale is the etiologic agent of bovine anaplasmosis, an important tick-borne disease affecting cattle in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. In endemic regions, the genetic diversity of this pathogen is usually related to the high prevalence of the disease in cattle. The major surface protein 1 alpha (MSP1a) has been used as a marker to characterize the genetic diversity...
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