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Novel Ehrlichia canis genogroup in dogs with canine ehrlichiosis in Cuba.
Parasites & vectors - 23 Aug 2022
Navarrete Maylin González, Hodžić Adnan, Corona-González Belkis, Cordeiro Matheus Dias, da Silva Claudia Bezerra, Báez Liani Coronado, Obregón Dasiel, de Aguiar Daniel Moura, da Silva Campos Amanda Noeli, Taques Ísis Indaiara Gonçalves Granjeiro, Wu-Chuang Alejandra, López Eugenio Roque, Piloto-Sardiñas Elianne, Abuin-Denis Lianet, da Fonseca Adivaldo Henrique, Cabezas-Cruz Alejandro
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Canine monocytic ehrlichiosis (CME) is caused by the tick-borne pathogen Ehrlichia canis, an obligate intracellular Gram-negative bacterium of the family Anaplasmataceae with tropism for canine monocytes and macrophages. The trp36 gene, which encodes for the major immunoreactive protein TRP36 in E. canis, has been successfully used to characterize the genetic diversity of this pathogen in different...
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