| Literature DB >> 10742689 |
G H Palmer1, W C Brown, F R Rurangirwa.
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.Entities:
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Year: 2000 PMID: 10742689 DOI: 10.1016/s1286-4579(00)00271-9
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Microbes Infect ISSN: 1286-4579 Impact factor: 2.700