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Two Anaplasma phagocytophilum strains in Ixodes scapularis ticks, Canada.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Dec 2014
Krakowetz Chantel N, Dibernardo Antonia, Lindsay L Robbin, Chilton Neil B
Abstract excerpt
We developed PCR-based assays to distinguish a human pathogenic strain of Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Ap-ha, from Ap-variant 1, a strain not associated with human infection. The assays were validated on A. phagocytophilum-infected black-legged ticks (Ixodes scapularis) collected in Canada. The relative prevalence of these 2 strains in I. scapularis ticks differed among geographic regions.
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