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Antigenic variation in the persistence and transmission of the ehrlichia Anaplasma marginale
Microbes and Infection, Vol.2(2), pp.167-176
2000
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/110558
PMID: 10742689
Abstract
Tick-borne transmission of ehrlichial pathogens requires rickettsemic reservoir hosts to maintain a population of infected vectors. Persistence in their respective mammalian hosts appears to be a common feature of the tick-transmitted ehrlichiae. How infection persists in immunocompetent hosts is unknown. In this review, we describe studies on
Anaplasma marginale, an ehrlichial pathogen of cattle, that support antigenic variation as a primary mechanism of persistence.
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- Title
- Antigenic variation in the persistence and transmission of the ehrlichia Anaplasma marginale
- Creators
- Guy H PalmerWendy C BrownFred R Rurangirwa
- Publication Details
- Microbes and Infection, Vol.2(2), pp.167-176
- Academic Unit
- Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Department of; Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health
- Publisher
- Elsevier SAS
- Identifiers
- 99900547055201842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Review