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A morphological and molecular study of Anaplasma phagocytophilum transmission events at the time of Ixodes ricinus tick bite
BACKGROUND: Anaplasma phagocytophilum is the causative agent of human granulocytic anaplasmosis (HGA) in humans and tick-borne fever (TBF) in ruminants. The bacterium invades and replicates in phagocytes, especially in polymorphonuclear granulocytes. METHODS: In the present study, skin biopsies and...
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BioMed Central
2010
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2904780/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20565721 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1751-0147-52-43 |