Molecular detection of Anaplasma platys in a naturally-infected cat in Brazil
Following the accidental finding of inclusion bodies similar to Anaplasma platys in a stained blood smear from a cat, DNA analysis of the 16S rRNA gene was performed and 100% identity was found with different strains of A. platys. These data confirm that cats are susceptible to parasitism by A. plat...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia
2010-06-01
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| Series: | Brazilian Journal of Microbiology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822010000200019 |