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Establishment of the Tick (Acari: Ixodidae)-Borne Cattle Pathogen Anaplasma marginale (Rickettsiales: Anaplasmataceae) in Tick Cell Culture
1 Jul 1996
Abstract excerpt
Anaplasma marginale is a tick-borne rickettsia that causes bovine anaplasmosis worldwide. Despite its importance, A. marginale has thus far not been established in a continuous culture system. We have propagated A. marginale continuously for the 1st time in a tick cell line derived from the black-legged tick, Ixodes scapularis Say, using infected bovine blood as the inoculum. Erythrocytic stages invaded the tick...
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