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ArticleApplied and environmental microbiology2005

Equine and canine Anaplasma phagocytophilum strains isolated on the island of Sardinia (Italy) are phylogenetically related to pathogenic strains from the United States.

Alberto Alberti, Rosanna Zobba, Bernardo Chessa, Maria Filippa Addis, Olivier Sparagano, Maria Luisa Pinna Parpaglia, Tiziana Cubeddu, Gianpaolo Pintori, Marco Pittau

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Article in Applied and environmental microbiology, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 68 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Alberto AlbertiIstituto di Patologia Speciale e Clinica Medica Veterinaria, Università degli Studi di Sassari, Via Vienna 2, 07100 Sassari, Italy. alberti@uniss.it
Rosanna Zobba
Bernardo Chessa
Maria Filippa Addis
Olivier Sparagano
Maria Luisa Pinna Parpaglia
Tiziana Cubeddu
Gianpaolo Pintori
Marco Pittau

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The presence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum, a tick-transmitted zoonotic pathogen, was investigated in Sardinia using a molecular approach. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that Sardinian strains are genetically distinct from the two lineages previously described in Europe and are closely related to strains isolated in different areas of the United States.

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PhylogenyAnaplasmaAnaplasma phagocytophilumAnimalsChaperonin 60Dog DiseasesDogsEhrlichiosisHorse DiseasesHorsesHumansItalyMolecular Sequence DataPolymerase Chain ReactionPolymorphism, Restriction Fragment LengthSequence Analysis, DNAChaperonin 60

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PMID16204571
PMCPMC1265917

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