Variant -and individual dependent nature of persistent Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Anaplasma phagocytophilum is the causative agent of tick-borne fever in ruminants and human granulocytotropic anaplasmosis (HGA). The bacterium is able to survive for several months in immune-competent sheep by modifying important cellular and humoral defence mechanisms. Little is known about how different strains of A. phagocytophilum propagate in their natural hosts during persistent infection.

Methods

Two groups of five lambs were infected with each of two 16S rRNA gene variants of A. phagocytophilum, i.e. 16S variant 1 which is identical to GenBank no M73220 and 16S variant 2 which is identical to GenBank no AF336220, respectively. The lambs were infected intravenously and followed by blood sampling for six months. A. phagocytophilum infection in the periphera

SUBMITTER: Granquist EG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2859769 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature