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SUBMITTER: Granquist EG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2815256 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Granquist Erik G EG Stuen Snorre S Crosby Liliana L Lundgren Anna M AM Alleman A Rick AR Barbet Anthony F AF
Veterinary immunology and immunopathology 20090730 2-4
Anaplasma phagocytophilum is the causative agent of tick-borne fever in small ruminants and has been identified as the zoonotic agent of human granulocytic anaplasmosis. The Norwegian strains of the rickettsia are naturally persistent in lambs and represent a suitable experimental system for analyzing the mechanisms of persistence. Variation of the outer membrane protein MSP2(P44) by recombination of variable pseudogene segments into an expression site is believed to play a key role in persisten ...[more]