Sequence analysis of the msp4 gene of Anaplasma phagocytophilum strains.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on March 01, 2005

Authors

José de la Fuente1, Robert F Massung, Susan J Wong, Frederick K Chu, Hans Lutz, Marina Meli, Friederike D von Loewenich, Anna Grzeszczuk, Alessandra Torina, Santo Caracappa, Atilio J Mangold, Victoria Naranjo, Snorre Stuen, Katherine M Kocan

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA. jose_delafuente@yahoo.com

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