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. 2006 Feb;74(2):1373-5.
doi: 10.1128/IAI.74.2.1373-1375.2006.

Reservoir competency of goats for the Ap-variant 1 strain of Anaplasma phagocytophilum

Robert F Massung  1 , Thomas N Mather, Michael L Levin
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Reservoir competency of goats for the Ap-variant 1 strain of Anaplasma phagocytophilum

Robert F Massung et al. Infect Immun. 2006 Feb.

Abstract

Field-collected ticks were used to infect goats with either Ap-ha, a strain associated with human disease, or a variant strain, Ap-Variant 1, of Anaplasma phagocytophilum. Goats were shown to be competent as a reservoir for Ap-Variant 1, and challenge and immunosuppression studies were used to further examine infection in the goat model.

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FIG. 1.
FIG. 1.
Blood smear of EDTA-treated goat blood infected with Ap-Variant 1. The cells in panel A are stained to allow visualization of cellular morphology. Panel B shows the same cells labeled with fluorescein, using anti-A. phagocytophilum antibodies, to identify Ap-Variant 1 bacteria.
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