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Genetic diversity and molecular phylogeny of Anaplasma marginale studied longitudinally under natural transmission conditions in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Ticks and tick-borne diseases - 1 Jun 2015
Silva Jenevaldo Barbosa, Gonçalves Luiz Ricardo, Varani Alessandro de Mello, André Marcos Rogério, Machado Rosangela Zacarias
Abstract excerpt
Anaplasma marginale is the most prevalent tick-borne pathogen in cattle in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Major Surface Protein 1a (MSP1a) has been found to be a stable genetic marker for identifying A. marginale isolates within geographical regions. It is conserved in cattle during infection and tick-borne transmission of the pathogen. The aim of the present longitudinal study was to determine...
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