Highly conserved regions of the immunodominant major surface protein 2 of the genogroup II ehrlichial pathogen Anaplasma marginale are rich in naturally derived CD4+ T lymphocyte epitopes that elicit strong recall responses.

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Published in J Immunol on January 15, 2001

Authors

W C Brown1, T C McGuire, D Zhu, H A Lewin, J Sosnow, G H Palmer

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA. w.brown@vetmed.wsu.edu

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