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Co-circulation of different A. phagocytophilum variants within cattle herds and possible reservoir role for cattle.
Parasites & vectors - 9 Mar 2018
Lagrée Anne-Claire, Rouxel Clotilde, Kevin Maëllys, Dugat Thibaud, Girault Guillaume, Durand Benoît, Pfeffer Martin, Silaghi Cornelia, Nieder Marion, Boulouis Henri-Jean, Haddad Nadia
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BACKGROUND: Anaplasma phagocytophilum is a zoonotic tick-borne intracellular alpha-proteobacterium causing tick-borne fever, which leads to significant economic losses in domestic ruminants in Europe. Its epidemiological cycles are complex and reservoir host species of bovine strains have not yet been identified. Given that little genetic information is available on strains circulating within a defined bovine...
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