Molecular Detection of a New Anaplasma Species Closely Related to Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Canine Blood from South Africa
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- 1 June 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 43 (6) , 2934-2937
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.43.6.2934-2937.2005
Abstract
Canine DNA samples from South Africa were found to contain 16S rRNA gene nucleotide and citrate synthase gene nucleotide and deduced amino acid sequences that were most similar to Anaplasma phagocytophilum: 98%, 66%, and 69% similarity, respectively. This suggests that a new Anaplasma species closely related to A. phagocytophilum occurs in Africa.Keywords
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