THE ROLE OF OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A IN ANAPLASMA MARGINALE CELLULAR INVASION AND ITS POTENTIAL AS A CROSS-PROTECTIVE ANTIGEN
Anaplasma phagocytophilum and A. marginale are the etiologic agents of human granulocytic anaplasmosis and bovine anaplasmosis, respectively. Both diseases can be severe, even fatal, and protective vaccines for each are lacking. We recently identified A. phagocytophilum outer membrane protein A (ApO...
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VCU Scholars Compass
2013
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| Online Access: | http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/548 http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1547&context=etd |