An Emerging Tick-Borne Disease of Humans Is Caused by a Subset of Strains with Conserved Genome Structure

An Emerging Tick-Borne Disease of Humans Is Caused by a Subset of Strains with Conserved Genome Structure

The prevalence of tick-borne diseases is increasing worldwide. One such emerging disease is human anaplasmosis. The causative organism, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, is known to infect multiple animal species and cause human fatalities in the U.S., Europe and Asia. Although long known to infect ruminan...

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Main Authors: Roderick F. Felsheim, Ulrike G. Munderloh, Erik G. Granquist, Basima Al-Khedery, Snorre Stuen, Anthony F. Barbet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2013-09-01
Series:Pathogens
Subjects:
anaplasmosis
tick-borne diseases
high-throughput sequencing
pfam01617
msp2/p44
comparative genomics
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/2/3/544

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