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Diversity of Anaplasma phagocytophilum strains, USA
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Diversity of Anaplasma phagocytophilum strains, USA

Eric Morissette, Robert F Massung, Janet E Foley, A Rick Alleman, Patrick Foley and Anthony F Barbet
Emerging infectious diseases, Vol.15(6), pp.928-931
06/2009
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1506.081610
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12741/rep:4966
PMCID: PMC2727310
PMID: 19523294

Abstract

Amino Acid Sequence Dog Diseases - epidemiology United States - epidemiology Anaplasma phagocytophilum - classification Humans Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins - chemistry Dog Diseases - microbiology Molecular Sequence Data Anaplasma phagocytophilum - genetics Sequence Analysis, DNA Polymerase Chain Reaction - methods Genetic Variation Animals Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins - metabolism Ehrlichiosis - epidemiology Dogs Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins - genetics Ehrlichiosis - microbiology
We analyzed the structure of the expression site encoding the immunoprotective protein MSP2/P44 from multiple Anaplasma phagocytophilum strains in the United States. The sequence of p44ESup1 had diverged in Ap-variant 1 strains infecting ruminants. In contrast, no differences were detected between A. phagocytophilum strains infecting humans and domestic dogs.
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